School Climate

District of Dorchester School District Two


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (6.53 / 10)
65.30%
State    (6.68 / 10)
66.80%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (7.97 / 10)
79.70%
State    (7.68 / 10)
76.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (7.49 / 10)
74.90%
State    (7.18 / 10)
71.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (7.98 / 10)
79.80%
State    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (3.62 / 10)
36.20%
State    (4.03 / 10)
40.30%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.60 / 10)
56%
State    (6.46 / 10)
64.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 95.90%    (1560 / 1626)
95.90%
State 89.40%    (50447 / 56457)
89.40%

Student Participation Rate

District 88.30%    (16782 / 19007)
88.30%
State 84.50%    (496728 / 587754)
84.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 1638 17644 3989
Percent satisfied with learning environment 92.9%
81.2%
86.9%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 91.8%
78.1%
85.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 89.8%
90.8%
85.4%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 23.7 Up from 22.9
Percent of students retained 1.0 Down from 2.0
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 Down from 23
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 28.5 Up from 19.3