School Climate

District of Dorchester School District Four


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

District    (5.76 / 10)
57.60%
State    (6.68 / 10)
66.80%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

District    (6.59 / 10)
65.90%
State    (7.68 / 10)
76.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

District    (6.10 / 10)
61%
State    (7.18 / 10)
71.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

District    (7.12 / 10)
71.20%
State    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

District    (3.15 / 10)
31.50%
State    (4.03 / 10)
40.30%

Student Perceptions of Safety

District    (5.85 / 10)
58.50%
State    (6.46 / 10)
64.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

District 89.20%    (149 / 167)
89.20%
State 89.40%    (50447 / 56457)
89.40%

Student Participation Rate

District 90.20%    (1269 / 1407)
90.20%
State 84.50%    (496728 / 587754)
84.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 170 1341 267
Percent satisfied with learning environment 84.8%
81.4%
88.2%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 75.6%
81.3%
92.2%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 79.6%
89.6%
92.8%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 6.9 Down from 8.5
Percent of students retained 1.9 Down from 4.1
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 38.3 Up from 10.3