School Climate

District of Sumter School District


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.10 / 10)
61%
State    (6.90 / 10)
69%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (7.36 / 10)
73.60%
State    (7.77 / 10)
77.70%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (7.16 / 10)
71.60%
State    (7.53 / 10)
75.30%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (6.99 / 10)
69.90%
State    (8.31 / 10)
83.10%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (3.15 / 10)
31.50%
State    (4.15 / 10)
41.50%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.85 / 10)
58.50%
State    (6.76 / 10)
67.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 97.20%    (860 / 885)
97.20%
State 91.40%    (52519 / 57473)
91.40%

Student Participation Rate

District 90%    (8365 / 9293)
90%
State 89.50%    (467091 / 521699)
89.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 974 9517 1937
Percent satisfied with learning environment 88.8%
79.4%
85.3%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 88.7%
79.8%
86.3%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 81.5%
90.6%
85.8%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 14.2 Down from 14.5
Percent of students retained 1.4 Down from 1.5
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 2 Up from 1
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 28.8 Down from 38.4