School Climate

Georgetown County School District




Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (7.25 / 10)
72.50%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 66.9% 70.2% 72.5%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(605 of 612 participated – 98.86%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 73.5% 71.9% 73%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(602 of 612 participated – 98.37%)

District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 70.6% 75% 76%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(612 of 612 participated – 100%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 78.9% 83.5% 86%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(4677 of 5003 participated – 93.48%)

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

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 42% 46.7% 53%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(4718 of 5003 participated – 94.30%)

District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 69.4% 73.7% 76%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 95%    (612 / 644)
95%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 96.9% 93.8% 95%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

District 94.80%    (5003 / 5276)
94.80%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
District 87.8% 93.3% 94.8%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 657 5600 835
Percent satisfied with learning environment 92.7%
89.9%
91.8%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 93.2%
91.2%
92.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 89.2%
95.8%
91.3%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 15.5 Down from 18.3
Percent of students retained 1.1 Down from 1.4
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 2 No change
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 15.4 Down from 20.2
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 89.2 N/A