School Climate

District of Charleston County School District


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.08 / 10)
60.80%
State    (6.33 / 10)
63.30%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (6.87 / 10)
68.70%
State    (7.53 / 10)
75.30%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (6.22 / 10)
62.20%
State    (6.94 / 10)
69.40%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (7.74 / 10)
77.40%
State    (8.03 / 10)
80.30%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (4.07 / 10)
40.70%
State    (4.05 / 10)
40.50%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.52 / 10)
55.20%
State    (5.10 / 10)
51%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 88.60%    (3430 / 3870)
88.60%
State 83.60%    (47059 / 56260)
83.60%

Student Participation Rate

District 86.20%    (29069 / 33725)
86.20%
State 81.30%    (449229 / 552278)
81.30%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 3650 29773 3686
Percent satisfied with learning environment 85.2%
84.4%
88.7%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 85.8%
83.1%
89.2%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations Data N/A
91.6%
87.4%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 28.2 Up from 27.2
Percent of students retained 1.7 Up from 1.3
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 Down from 6
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 17.8 Up from 7.3