School Climate

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary


School Climate

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (6.89 / 10)
68.90%
District    (6.81 / 10)
68.10%
State    (6.68 / 10)
66.80%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

School    (7.99 / 10)
79.90%
District    (7.88 / 10)
78.80%
State    (7.68 / 10)
76.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

School    (7.81 / 10)
78.10%
District    (7.05 / 10)
70.50%
State    (7.18 / 10)
71.80%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

School    (8 / 10)
80%
District    (7.94 / 10)
79.40%
State    (8.05 / 10)
80.50%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

School    (4.15 / 10)
41.50%
District    (4.44 / 10)
44.40%
State    (4.03 / 10)
40.30%

Student Perceptions of Safety

School    (6.52 / 10)
65.20%
District    (6.76 / 10)
67.60%
State    (6.46 / 10)
64.60%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 100%    (37 / 37)
100%
District 94.40%    (5197 / 5503)
94.40%
State 89.40%    (50447 / 56457)
89.40%

Student Participation Rate

School 98.70%    (225 / 228)
98.70%
District 87.30%    (50234 / 57550)
87.30%
State 84.50%    (496728 / 587754)
84.50%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 37 254 13
Percent satisfied with learning environment 91.7%
87.1%
83.3%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 86.1%
88.7%
90.0%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 89.2%
86.5%
87.5%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 2.4 Down from 6.9
Percent of students retained 0.6 Up from 0.4
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 4 Up from 3
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 30.0 Down from 35.8