Greenville high schools saw significant end-of-course exam improvements, outperforming the rest of the state.
While the state of South Carolina as a whole this year only saw end-of-course exams just barely reaching pre-pandemic results from 2019, Greenville County schools saw more significant improvement.
Almost 80 percent of Greenville high schools exceeded their pre-pandemic 2019 Algebra scores, while all subjects saw increases over last year’s scores except for US History, which had no comparative data due to a change in standards this past year.
Additionally, every subject in Greenville saw higher test scores compared to the rest of the state, most notably in Algebra I and US History.
GCS EOC Scores GraphGreenville County Schools
With a different of 7 points and 9 points respectively, Algebra I and US History scores saw the largest degree of outperformance over the rest of the state. This difference equates to roughly 10.6 percent and 16.1 percent high scores in Algebra I and US History respectively.
English II and Biology I scores saw smaller degrees of outperformance with 3 points and 4 points respectively. This difference equates to roughly 3.6 percent and 6.9 percent higher scores in English II and Biology respectively.
“We are very pleased that we continue to see gains at the high school level on the End of Course exams,” Greenville Superintendent Dr Burke Royster in a press release said. “This data highlights the areas where we have much to celebrate as well as where we need to focus on continued improvement as we make strong progress toward exceeding pre-pandemic levels of academic achievement within all of our schools.”
Compared directly to last year's test scores, 93 percent of Greenville County schools this year saw improvements in Algebra I, roughly half saw improvements in English II, and 64 percent saw improvements in Biology.
