School Climate

Laing Middle


Excellent
8.03/ 10
Points earned

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.


Excellent
8.03/ 10
Points earned

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (8.03 / 10)
80.30%
District    (7.50 / 10)
75%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 76% 75.8% 80.3%
District 68.8% 70.8% 75%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(60 of 60 participated – 100%)

School    (8.7 / 10)
87%
District    (7.7 / 10)
77%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 89.4% 82.6% 87%
District 74.1% 73.1% 77%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(59 of 60 participated – 98.33%)

School    (8.2 / 10)
82%
District    (8 / 10)
80%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 85.8% 83.6% 82%
District 73.3% 75.3% 80%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(60 of 60 participated – 100%)

School    (9.7 / 10)
97%
District    (9 / 10)
90%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 91.9% 93.9% 97%
District 83.3% 86.3% 90%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(791 of 817 participated – 96.82%)

School    (5.3 / 10)
53%
District    (5.3 / 10)
53%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 37.4% 40.9% 53%
District 43.2% 46.7% 53%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(793 of 817 participated – 97.06%)

School    (8.3 / 10)
83%
District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 75.5% 78% 83%
District 70% 72.5% 76%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 98.40%    (60 / 61)
98.40%
District 92.10%    (3778 / 4101)
92.10%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 96.7% 100% 98.4%
District 95.3% 94% 92.1%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

School 89.90%    (817 / 909)
89.90%
District 91.30%    (28739 / 31467)
91.30%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 86.1% 96.6% 89.9%
District 90.6% 90.9% 91.3%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 61 826 100
Percent satisfied with learning environment 100%
88.8%
86.7%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 98.3%
90.9%
87.5%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 98.3%
96.2%
90.2%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 59.8 Up from 57.7
Percent of students retained 0.0 Down from 0.1
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 13 Up from 12
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 7.6 Up from 7.0
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 96.0 N/A

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.