School Climate

District of Laurens County School District 56


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.67 / 10)
66.70%
State    (6.33 / 10)
63.30%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (7.67 / 10)
76.70%
State    (7.53 / 10)
75.30%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (7.09 / 10)
70.90%
State    (6.94 / 10)
69.40%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (8.64 / 10)
86.40%
State    (8.03 / 10)
80.30%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (4.75 / 10)
47.50%
State    (4.05 / 10)
40.50%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.20 / 10)
52%
State    (5.10 / 10)
51%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 82.40%    (169 / 205)
82.40%
State 83.60%    (47059 / 56260)
83.60%

Student Participation Rate

District 77%    (1529 / 1986)
77%
State 81.30%    (449229 / 552278)
81.30%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 179 1597 181
Percent satisfied with learning environment 88.1%
87.5%
86%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 89.8%
88.5%
90%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations Data N/A
92.7%
83.5%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 13.1 Down from 17.4
Percent of students retained 3.2 Up from 1.2
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 13 Up from 12
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 26.7 Up from 13.0