School Climate

Dillon County School District 3




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.40 / 10)
74%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 73.3% 73.5% 74%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(95 of 96 participated – 98.96%)

District    (7.4 / 10)
74%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 85.3% 78.7% 74%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(93 of 96 participated – 96.88%)

District    (8.3 / 10)
83%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 85.4% 85.2% 83%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(95 of 96 participated – 98.96%)

District    (8.6 / 10)
86%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 85.2% 88.9% 86%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(899 of 952 participated – 94.43%)

District    (5.3 / 10)
53%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 45.6% 49.1% 53%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(890 of 952 participated – 93.49%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 65.2% 65.8% 75%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 99%    (96 / 97)
99%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 98.9% 100% 99%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 98.40%    (952 / 967)
98.40%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 99.3% 98.1% 98.4%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 108 1062 174
Percent satisfied with learning environment 96.2%
89.2%
93%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 96.2%
89.7%
94.3%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 91.4%
94.7%
91.9%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 12.2 Up from 10.2
Percent of students retained 1.8 Up from 0.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 2 Up from 1
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 17.3 Down from 18.2
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 99.2 N/A