School Climate

Waccamaw High


Excellent
4.06/ 5
Points earned

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.


Excellent
4.06/ 5
Points earned

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (4.06 / 5)
81.20%
District    (7.25 / 10)
72.50%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 71% 74.6% 81.2%
District 66.9% 70.2% 72.5%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (4 / 5)
80%
District    (7.3 / 10)
73%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 74.8% 78.6% 80%
District 73.5% 71.9% 73%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (4.5 / 5)
90%
District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 78.6% 82.2% 90%
District 70.6% 75% 76%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (5 / 5)
100%
District    (8.6 / 10)
86%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 82% 87.2% 100%
District 78.9% 83.5% 86%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(527 of 566 participated – 93.11%)

School    (2.9 / 5)
58%
District    (5.3 / 10)
53%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 49.2% 52.6% 58%
District 42% 46.7% 53%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(535 of 566 participated – 94.52%)

School    (3.9 / 5)
78%
District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 70% 72% 78%
District 69.4% 73.7% 76%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 92.30%    (48 / 52)
92.30%
District 95%    (612 / 644)
95%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 100% 98.1% 92.3%
District 96.9% 93.8% 95%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

School 98.60%    (566 / 574)
98.60%
District 94.80%    (5003 / 5276)
94.80%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 94.7% 97.9% 98.6%
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 50 724 79
Percent satisfied with learning environment 100%
90.1%
90.8%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 100%
92.3%
86.5%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 100%
96.4%
85.5%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 39.3 Down from 68.8
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 12 Up from 1
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning N/AV N/A
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 8.1 Down from 13.7
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) N/AV N/A

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.