School Climate

Edgefield County School District




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.30 / 10)
73%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 70% 70.1% 73%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(226 of 229 participated – 98.69%)

District    (7.3 / 10)
73%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 72.9% 71.9% 73%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(228 of 229 participated – 99.56%)

District    (8.1 / 10)
81%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 82.6% 80.6% 81%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(229 of 229 participated – 100%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 89.1% 88.2% 91%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(1702 of 1867 participated – 91.16%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 39.1% 40.9% 47%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(1736 of 1867 participated – 92.98%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 66.4% 68.8% 73%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 91.20%    (229 / 251)
91.20%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 88.8% 94.4% 91.2%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 94.80%    (1867 / 1969)
94.80%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 95.5% 95.2% 94.8%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 253 2067 230
Percent satisfied with learning environment 94.5%
85.9%
92.1%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 96%
89.2%
95.9%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 94.4%
95.1%
93.1%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 12.4 Down from 12.8
Percent of students retained 1.7 Up from 1.2
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 7 Up from 6
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 19.0 Down from 22.9
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 89.2 N/A