Education

Our Education Goal - Our children will excel academically, and our citizens will demonstrate high levels of baccalaureate degree attainment, rendering Spartanburg the best-educated county in the state.

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Education Indicator Area Leaders

The Community Indicators Project partners with Indicator Area Leaders to improve outcomes in its seven indicators.  These organizations set improvement goals based on indicator data and lead individuals, businesses, and community groups to coordinate efforts and information, thus facilitating steady progress in quality-of-life improvement.

The Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) is the Indicator Area Leader for the Education Indicator Area.

Education Leading Indicators

Leading indicators are those measures that best reflect the status of education, are most impactful and are useful predictors of educational trends. The leading indicators for Education are:

  • Educational Attainment, population 25+

  • High School Graduation Rates, 4-year

  • 3rd Grade ELA (English) Proficiency Rates

  • 8th Grade Math Proficiency Rates

  • 3k and 4k Enrollment Rates