School Climate

Laurens County School District 56




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.57 / 10)
75.70%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 76.3% 75.9% 75.7%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(197 of 199 participated – 98.99%)

District    (7.9 / 10)
79%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 84.7% 77.7% 79%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(198 of 199 participated – 99.50%)

District    (8.5 / 10)
85%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 84.4% 86.1% 85%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(199 of 199 participated – 100%)

District    (9.1 / 10)
91%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 90.5% 94.5% 91%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(1490 of 1585 participated – 94.01%)

District    (5 / 10)
50%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 49.6% 49.1% 50%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(1478 of 1585 participated – 93.25%)

District    (7.3 / 10)
73%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 72.5% 71.9% 73%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 92.60%    (199 / 215)
92.60%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 96.3% 94% 92.6%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 96.10%    (1585 / 1650)
96.10%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 94% 95.7% 96.1%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 217 1776 364
Percent satisfied with learning environment 96.3%
89.1%
95.3%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 98.1%
89.7%
96.5%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 92.5%
94.6%
92.9%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 14.9 Down from 17.0
Percent of students retained 1.6 Up from 0.9
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 17 Up from 16
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 19.5 Down from 20.4
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 96.8 N/A