School Quality

District of Charleston County School District


Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

Student Engagement

Additional Information

Our District Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses 38.1 Down from 42.4
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 27.2 Down from 27.8
Percent of students retained 1.3 Down from 1.5
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 6 Up from 5
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 7.3 Down from 14.3
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 99.5 Down from 99.9

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 2536 6795 7457
Percent satisfied with learning environment 86.6%
84.3%
85.8%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 90.3%
86.1%
83.8%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 79.2%
85.1%
72.4%