School Climate

Dorchester County School District 4




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.11 / 10)
71.10%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 69.4% 65% 71.1%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(143 of 146 participated – 97.95%)

District    (7.2 / 10)
72%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 75.8% 67.8% 72%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(144 of 146 participated – 98.63%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 80.7% 77.3% 83%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(144 of 146 participated – 98.63%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 85.5% 82.5% 91%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(1217 of 1322 participated – 92.06%)

District    (4 / 10)
40%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 38.5% 34.5% 40%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(1225 of 1322 participated – 92.66%)

District    (6.9 / 10)
69%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 66.4% 62.7% 69%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 89.60%    (146 / 163)
89.60%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 89.6% 95.2% 89.6%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 95.20%    (1322 / 1389)
95.20%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 94.5% 95.3% 95.2%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 173 1367 53
Percent satisfied with learning environment 96%
87.7%
98.1%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 95.9%
87.3%
98.1%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 94.7%
93.2%
88.1%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 9.0 Up from 5.3
Percent of students retained 1.5 Up from 0.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 3 Up from 2
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 19.8 Down from 26.4
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 99.4 N/A