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Black student results in Sumter

Across 23 schools in Sumter, 40.9% of Black students meet met or exceeding. That is 7.6 points below the South Carolina average for Black students.

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46.7%
All students
40.9%
Black
21%
Hispanic
53%
White
9.1%
Asian

Average across the 23 schools in Sumter 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 23 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Alice Drive Elementary reports 66.7% of Black students meeting the standard. R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy, in the same district, reports 27.4%. That is a 39.3-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Sumter

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
Alice Drive Elementary 79.3% 66.7% 0% 90.6% 0%
Millwood Elementary 64.7% 52.7% 0% 77.7% 0%
High Hills Elementary 58.9% 52.6% 54.9% 70.1% 0%
Manchester Elementary 53.5% 49.5% 0% 56.7% 0%
Alice Drive Middle 58.7% 48% 57.5% 75.1% 90.3%
Wilder Elementary 52.6% 47% 0% 76.9%
Hillcrest Middle 55.3% 46.9% 48.6% 73% 0%
Kingsbury Elementary 51.5% 46.6% 0% 68% 0%
Sumter 47.4% 40% 49.6% 65.8% 83.1%
Sumter High School 47.6% 39.9% 51.4% 67.5% 0%
Lakewood High 42.2% 38.2% 51.9% 48.1% 0%
Pocalla Springs Elementary 51.4% 37.4% 0% 70.2% 0%
Cherryvale Elementary 41% 37.2% 0% 54.8% 0%
Crosswell Drive Elementary 38% 36.1% 47.8% 0%
Willow Drive Elementary 42.4% 36.1% 0% 61.5% 0%
Bates Middle 41.3% 35.8% 0% 60.7% 0%
Rafting Creek Elementary 37% 35.6% 0% 0%
Furman Middle 41.4% 35.3% 42.9% 52.2% 0%
Lemira Elementary 35.6% 34.1% 0% 0% 0%
Ebenezer Middle 36.3% 33.9% 0% 52.5% 0%
Crestwood High 37.2% 32.4% 41.7% 55.4% 0%
Chestnut Oaks Middle 32% 30.8% 36.7% 0% 0%
R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy 29.5% 27.4% 0% 41.7%

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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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