School Quality

District Comparison of
Berkeley County Charleston County Dorchester Two


Student Engagement

Student levels of engagement in school test

Percentage of Students Scoring "Committed" on Student Engagement Survey

Berkeley County School District 53.6%
53.6%
Charleston County School District 56%
56%
Dorchester School District Two 52.4%
52.4%

Domains of School Engagement

Behavioral

Berkeley County School District 54.3%
54.3%
Charleston County School District 56.8%
56.8%
Dorchester School District Two 52.8%
52.8%

Cognitive

Berkeley County School District 50.4%
50.4%
Charleston County School District 52.6%
52.6%
Dorchester School District Two 49.6%
49.6%

Emotional

Berkeley County School District 56.1%
56.1%
Charleston County School District 58.6%
58.6%
Dorchester School District Two 54.8%
54.8%

Participation Rate

(Note: if fewer than 80% of the students participated in the survey, the "Total Percent Committed" was lowered prior to calculating a rating. For more information about the methodology, please see the EOC Accountability Manual.)
Berkeley County School District 94.5%
94.5%
Charleston County School District 88.7%
88.7%
Dorchester School District Two 94.7%
94.7%

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program
Berkeley County School District 14.4 N/A
Charleston County School District 29.8 N/A
Dorchester School District Two 23.6 N/A
Percent of students retained
Berkeley County School District 0.8 Down from 1.1
Charleston County School District 1.2 Down from 1.6
Dorchester School District Two 1.4 Down from 1.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district
Berkeley County School District 1 Up from 0
Charleston County School District 3 Up from 2
Dorchester School District Two 19 Up from 18
Chronic Absenteeism Rate
Berkeley County School District 12.1 N/A
Charleston County School District 8.2 N/A
Dorchester School District Two 14.2 N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Number of surveys returned Percent satisfied with learning environment Percent satisfied with social and physical environment Percent satisfied with school-home relations
Teachers
Berkeley County School District 1937 88.5% 79.3% 91.3%
Charleston County School District 2707 84.2% 74.5% 86.1%
Dorchester School District Two 1752 92.5% 87.7% 94.3%
Students
Berkeley County School District 4591 81.3% 82.9% 81.7%
Charleston County School District 6786 79.2% 82.3% 80.4%
Dorchester School District Two 3929 78.7% 79.6% 79.4%
Parents
Berkeley County School District 2231 87.4% 71.8% 84.6%
Charleston County School District 4180 87.7% 77% 85.7%
Dorchester School District Two 1939 88.2% 70.5% 84.6%