School Climate

Williams Memorial Elementary School--Dorchester 4


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (5.18 / 10)
51.80%
District    (5.76 / 10)
57.60%
State    (6.68 / 10)
66.80%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

School    (5.42 / 10)
54.20%
District    (6.59 / 10)
65.90%
State    (7.68 / 10)
76.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

School    (3.96 / 10)
39.60%
District    (6.10 / 10)
61%
State    (7.18 / 10)
71.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

School    (7.11 / 10)
71.10%
District    (7.12 / 10)
71.20%
State    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

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

Student Perceptions of Safety

School    (6.27 / 10)
62.70%
District    (5.85 / 10)
58.50%
State    (6.46 / 10)
64.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 97.90%    (46 / 47)
97.90%
District 89.20%    (149 / 167)
89.20%
State 89.40%    (50447 / 56457)
89.40%

Student Participation Rate

School 100%    (248 / 248)
100%
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 50 264 87
Percent satisfied with learning environment 77.1%
87.8%
91.4%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 59.2%
86.4%
95.9%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 66.0%
89.4%
96.9%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 3.1 Down from 9.4
Percent of students retained 3.8 Down from 8.0
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 4 Up from 3
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 21.6 Up from 11.5