School Climate

District of Charleston County School District


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.56 / 10)
65.60%
State    (6.68 / 10)
66.80%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (7.27 / 10)
72.70%
State    (7.68 / 10)
76.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (6.76 / 10)
67.60%
State    (7.18 / 10)
71.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (7.94 / 10)
79.40%
State    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (4.09 / 10)
40.90%
State    (4.03 / 10)
40.30%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (6.76 / 10)
67.60%
State    (6.46 / 10)
64.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 92.30%    (3529 / 3822)
92.30%
State 89.40%    (50447 / 56457)
89.40%

Student Participation Rate

District 86.40%    (29847 / 34531)
86.40%
State 84.50%    (496728 / 587754)
84.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 3783 31343 5417
Percent satisfied with learning environment 87.8%
84.5%
91%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 87.8%
82.4%
91.8%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 86.9%
92.1%
89.7%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 31.2 Up from 28.2
Percent of students retained 0.5 Down from 1.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 23.0 Up from 17.8