School Climate

Castle Heights Middle


Excellent
7.48/ 10
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
7.48/ 10
Points earned

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (7.48 / 10)
74.80%
District    (6.86 / 10)
68.60%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 57.6% 71.3% 74.8%
District 61.4% 67.2% 68.6%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (8.5 / 10)
85%
District    (7.2 / 10)
72%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 67.6% 81.5% 85%
District 68.4% 72.6% 72%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (8.9 / 10)
89%
District    (7.7 / 10)
77%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 67% 87.7% 89%
District 67.8% 75.6% 77%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(48 of 48 participated – 100%)

School    (8.8 / 10)
88%
District    (8.6 / 10)
86%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 75.3% 88.1% 88%
District 79.7% 85.7% 86%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(559 of 575 participated – 97.22%)

School    (4.3 / 10)
43%
District    (4 / 10)
40%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 21.6% 38.5% 43%
District 29.8% 36.8% 40%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(502 of 575 participated – 87.30%)

School    (6.9 / 10)
69%
District    (6.8 / 10)
68%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 56.6% 60.9% 69%
District 61.5% 65.2% 68%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 94.10%    (48 / 51)
94.10%
District 92.80%    (1132 / 1220)
92.80%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 98% 98% 94.1%
District 89.2% 91% 92.8%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

School 94.60%    (575 / 608)
94.60%
District 93.10%    (9574 / 10282)
93.10%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 89.2% 84.8% 94.6%
District 89% 90.3% 93.1%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 48 593 18
Percent satisfied with learning environment 100%
85.5%
83.3%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 100%
86.7%
100%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 95.8%
92.8%
93.3%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 22.0 Up from 16.2
Percent of students retained 0.5 Down from 1.2
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 8 Up from 7
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 19.3 Down from 24.2
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 94.7 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.