School Climate

Spartanburg County School District 2




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.63 / 10)
76.30%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 75.6% 74.4% 76.3%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(758 of 766 participated – 98.96%)

District    (8.2 / 10)
82%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 86.6% 81.4% 82%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(755 of 766 participated – 98.56%)

District    (8.3 / 10)
83%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 84.1% 82.8% 83%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(760 of 766 participated – 99.22%)

District    (9.3 / 10)
93%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 90.7% 91.3% 93%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(7091 of 7510 participated – 94.42%)

District    (4.9 / 10)
49%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 46.1% 46.1% 49%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(7072 of 7510 participated – 94.17%)

District    (7.4 / 10)
74%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 70.6% 70.6% 74%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 96.20%    (766 / 796)
96.20%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 96.5% 94.8% 96.2%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 95.60%    (7510 / 7852)
95.60%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 94.6% 91.8% 95.6%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 800 8341 1167
Percent satisfied with learning environment 96.3%
87.9%
90.1%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 96.6%
88.5%
91.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 95.8%
94.1%
89.7%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 19.3 Up from 18.6
Percent of students retained 1.0 Up from 0.9
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 Down from 7
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 18.1 Down from 18.8
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 92.9 N/A