School Climate

Whale Branch Middle School


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (6.15 / 10)
61.50%
District    (6.47 / 10)
64.70%
State    (6.90 / 10)
69%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

School    (5.79 / 10)
57.90%
District    (7.40 / 10)
74%
State    (7.77 / 10)
77.70%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

School    (5.72 / 10)
57.20%
District    (6.85 / 10)
68.50%
State    (7.53 / 10)
75.30%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

School    (8.47 / 10)
84.70%
District    (7.67 / 10)
76.70%
State    (8.31 / 10)
83.10%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

School    (3.91 / 10)
39.10%
District    (3.80 / 10)
38%
State    (4.15 / 10)
41.50%

Student Perceptions of Safety

School    (6.88 / 10)
68.80%
District    (6.64 / 10)
66.40%
State    (6.76 / 10)
67.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 100%    (29 / 29)
100%
District 90.30%    (1581 / 1750)
90.30%
State 91.40%    (52519 / 57473)
91.40%

Student Participation Rate

School 92.40%    (194 / 210)
92.40%
District 93.70%    (13147 / 14024)
93.70%
State 89.50%    (467091 / 521699)
89.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 33 214 2
Percent satisfied with learning environment 78.1%
83.3%
Data N/A
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 90.9%
84.2%
Data N/A
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 70%
92.7%
Data N/A

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 3.5 Up from 3.2
Percent of students retained 1.7 Down from 3.2
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 3 Up from 2
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 16.7 Down from 42.6