School Quality

Dorchester School District Two | 2018-2019  

Alston Middle School


Student Engagement

Percentage of Students Scoring "Committed" on Student Engagement Survey 56.3%
56.3%

Domains of School Engagement

Cognitive 51.5%
51.5%
Behavioral 61%
61%
Emotional 56.4%
56.4%

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.)
98.5%
98.5%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses 46 Down from 58
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 18.3 Down from 20.3
Percent of students retained 2.2 Up from 0.7
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 Down from 7
Percent of classrooms with wireless access 48 Change from 25
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 0 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate 12.9 Up from 7.0
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 100.0 Up from 99.3

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 58 240 72
Percent satisfied with learning environment 93.1%
 81.5%
 76.1%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 96.5%
 83.3%
 79.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 84.5%
 83.7%
 67.6%