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Black student results in Laurens 55

Across 9 schools in Laurens 55, 38.5% of Black students meet met or exceeding. That is 10 points below the South Carolina average for Black students.

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51.5%
All students
38.5%
Black
30%
Hispanic
59.5%
White
0%
Asian

Average across the 9 schools in Laurens 55 with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 8 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle reports 64.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Laurens Middle, in the same district, reports 25.8%. That is a 38.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Laurens 55

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeding. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle 60.6% 64.5% 45.5% 61.3%
Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle 48.9% 53.3% 42.1% 50% 0%
Laurens District 55 High 51.3% 47.4% 40.8% 57.9% 0%
Ford Elementary 43% 45.2% 41.1% 44.1%
E. B. Morse Elementary 53.4% 43.1% 0% 63.6% 0%
Laurens Elementary 51.7% 35.3% 45.8% 68.1% 0%
Sanders Middle 37.8% 32.2% 30.8% 48.8% 0%
Laurens Middle 40.7% 25.8% 23.8% 64.1% 0%
Waterloo Elementary 76.5% 0% 0% 77.6% 0%

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How to read this. South Carolina suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,241 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, South Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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