School Climate

State of SC




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(54189 of 54936 participated – 98.64%)

State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(54032 of 54936 participated – 98.35%)

State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(54426 of 54936 participated – 99.07%)

State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(440383 of 472264 participated – 93.25%)

State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(438061 of 472264 participated – 92.76%)

State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 58531 524744 63988
Percent satisfied with learning environment 94.4%
87.3%
91.4%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 95.1%
88%
92.8%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 92.2%
94.4%
91.4%

Additional Information

Our State Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 20.9 Up from 19.7
Percent of students retained 0.9 Up from 0.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 4 Down from 5
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 20.7 Down from 22.3
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 92.1 N/A