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Black student results in Orangeburg

Across 25 schools in Orangeburg, 44.5% of Black students meet met or exceeding. That is 4 points below the South Carolina average for Black students.

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47.5%
All students
44.5%
Black
7.5%
Hispanic
20.2%
White
0%
Asian

Average across the 25 schools in Orangeburg 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 25 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Lockett Elementary reports 64.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Mellichamp Elementary, in the same district, reports 27.7%. That is a 36.8-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Orangeburg

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
Lockett Elementary 79.7% 64.5% 0% 84% 0%
Dover Elementary 55.3% 57.7% 0% 55.3%
North Middle/High 57.4% 54.8% 0% 38.5% 0%
Brookdale Elementary 52.7% 52.4% 0% 0%
Elloree Elementary 51.5% 51.2% 0% 0% 0%
Vance-Providence Elementary 51.5% 50.5% 0% 0%
Whittaker Elementary 51.2% 50.4% 0% 0%
Edisto High 55.2% 50.3% 60% 62.2%
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler Elementary 48.1% 48.3% 0% 0%
St. James-Gaillard Elementary 50.5% 48.1% 0% 0% 0%
Holly Hill Elementary Magnet 48.9% 47% 0% 0% 0%
Marshall Elementary Magnet 48% 46.2% 0% 0% 0%
Bethune-Bowman Elementary 46.5% 43.9% 0% 0%
Branchville High 70% 43.4% 0% 74.4% 0%
Lake Marion High School 42.6% 41.4% 0% 56.7% 0%
Sheridan Elementary 40.8% 41.2% 0% 0% 0%
Robert E. Howard Middle 41.4% 40.4% 0% 0%
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High 39.9% 40.2% 0% 0%
Edisto Elementary Magnet 47.1% 39.9% 38.1% 56.8% 0%
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High 39.7% 38.8% 25% 0% 0%
Orangeburg Wilkinson High 38.8% 37.4% 0% 0% 0%
Lake Marion Middle 36.1% 35.5% 0% 34.4% 0%
William J. Clark Middle 32% 31.4% 40.9% 0% 0%
Carver Edisto Middle 34% 29.7% 24.2% 43.2% 0%
Mellichamp Elementary Magnet 28.9% 27.7% 0% 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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