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Dent Middle
Doesn't Meet Expectations
#124 of 228 middle schools in South Carolina
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The grade is the share of students at or above the SC proficiency bar. The projection is what a school with this student body and community would be expected to reach.
Actual vs projected proficiency
Dent Middle Doesn't Meet Expectations for its students’ context.
Academics
Proficiency on state assessments by subject against the SC average, then graduation and college coursework.
Academic performance
Math proficiency
English proficiency
Science proficiency
College preparedness
Graduation rate
Graduating in four years.
Enrolled in AP classes
Students in at least one AP course. 0 AP courses offered.
Dual enrollment
Taking college courses during high school.
AP enrollment by subject
AP science
AP computer science
AP math
Gold marks the SC average.
Neighborhood
Safety and economics around the school. Context for families, never part of the grade.
Crime Grade
Overall crime
82.34 incidents per 1,000 residents
Violent crime
9.36 per 1,000 residents
Property crime
49.74 per 1,000 residents
What is Crime Grade?
Crime Grade combines official crime reports from the FBI, state and local law enforcement with models that fill reporting gaps, producing one letter grade for a neighborhood’s overall safety. It appears here so families can see how safe the community around a school is. It never feeds the school’s grade.
Economics and housing
Median household income
SC average $74,922
Median home value
SC average $269,059
Median rent
SC average $1,234
Unemployment rate
SC average 5.0%
Adults with a high school diploma
Teachers and staff
Teacher and support staff capacity, qualifications and pay.
Staffing
Student to teacher ratio
SC average 13:1
Teachers
Full-time equivalent teachers.
Average teacher salary
All teachers in Richland 02.
Qualifications
Certified teachers
Experienced teachers
Environment and safety
Suspensions, expulsions and reported bullying, as counts for the school year.
Bullying incidents by victim type
Resources and finance
District-level spending, per student and by purpose.
Spending per student
District-level spending per student.
Instruction vs administration
Spent on instruction for every $1 on administration.
Equity and access
Who the school serves: enrollment by reported group.
Race and ethnicity
White
Native American
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black
Latino
Multiracial
Native Hawaiian or Alaskan
Student groups
Middle schools nearest to Dent Middle
Nearby middle schools with their actual and projected test scores.
- Actual: 39%
- Projected: 36%
- Distance: 2.2 mi
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- Projected: 39%
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- Projected: 58%
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- Projected: 16%
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- Projected: 39%
- Distance: 5.5 mi
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- Projected: 19%
- Distance: 6.0 mi
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- Projected: 24%
- Distance: 6.1 mi
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- Projected: 32%
- Distance: 7.0 mi
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- Projected: 33%
- Distance: 8.0 mi
- Actual: 58%
- Projected: 31%
- Distance: 9.1 mi