School Climate

District of Aiken County Public Schools


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.27 / 10)
62.70%
State    (6.33 / 10)
63.30%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (7.36 / 10)
73.60%
State    (7.53 / 10)
75.30%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (7.02 / 10)
70.20%
State    (6.94 / 10)
69.40%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%
State    (8.03 / 10)
80.30%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (3.62 / 10)
36.20%
State    (4.05 / 10)
40.50%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.29 / 10)
52.90%
State    (5.10 / 10)
51%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 68.40%    (1092 / 1596)
68.40%
State 83.60%    (47059 / 56260)
83.60%

Student Participation Rate

District 85.70%    (13596 / 15866)
85.70%
State 81.30%    (449229 / 552278)
81.30%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 1140 14018 3140
Percent satisfied with learning environment 89.0%
81.9%
81.6%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 88.9%
81.5%
82.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations Data N/A
90.5%
80.0%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 16.4 Down from 17.5
Percent of students retained 2.5 Up from 1.5
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 3 Up from 1
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 23.6 Up from 9.5