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Wheaton HS2023-2024 Student Climate Survey — Student Results
This school enrolls Grade 9 through Grade 12 students.
Interpretation of this information should take into consideration the number (N) and percentage of survey respondents. Comparisons should also take into consideration the characteristics of school populations. Survey data best represent perceptions of the school environment when response rates are high.
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| AS | BL | HI | OT | WH |
| Student Response Rate | 35% | 18% | 21% | 38% | 24% |
| Number of Respondents | 101 | 96 | 327 | 29 | 63 |
| % Total Agreement |
| Academic Environment |
| 1. I think school will be useful to me in the future. | 96.0 | 95.8 | 93.8 | 96.6 | 93.7 |
| 2. I am excited to participate in my classes at school. | 82.0 | 74.0 | 75.9 | 79.3 | 77.8 |
| 3. I am interested in my classes at school. | 91.0 | 84.0 | 83.3 | 86.2 | 84.1 |
| 4. My teacher(s) seem excited to be teaching my classes at school. | 96.0 | 87.4 | 84.7 | 93.1 | 88.9 |
| 5. At my school, the behavior of other students helps my learning. | 65.0 | 64.6 | 60.0 | 72.4 | 54.0 |
| 6. My teachers help me when I don’t understand. | 97.0 | 95.8 | 93.5 | 100.0 | 98.4 |
| 7. My teachers encourage me to do my best. | 99.0 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 96.6 | 95.2 |
| 8. My teachers are well prepared to teach. | 96.0 | 96.8 | 94.4 | 93.1 | 93.5 |
| 13. At my school, students show me respect. | 89.0 | 83.2 | 85.4 | 93.1 | 82.5 |
| 14. The energy of my school is positive. | 77.2 | 76.8 | 78.9 | 79.3 | 74.6 |
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| % Total Agreement |
| Social Environment |
| 9. It is important to me to do well in school. | 98.0 | 96.9 | 95.7 | 89.7 | 93.7 |
| 10. Overall, I feel like I belong at my school. | 93.1 | 84.2 | 88.3 | 85.7 | 82.3 |
| 11. I matter to other students at my school. | 74.0 | 74.0 | 70.7 | 75.9 | 73.0 |
| 12. I feel connected to other students at my school. | 80.0 | 77.1 | 77.2 | 82.8 | 74.6 |
| 15. When my teachers ask “how are you doing?” I often feel that my teachers are really interested in my answer. | 82.2 | 75.0 | 81.8 | 79.3 | 69.8 |
| 16. I have teachers and/or other students from school that I can count on to help me, no matter what. | 91.9 | 86.2 | 89.5 | 96.6 | 92.1 |
| 17. I have at least one trusted adult at school who supports me. | 92.1 | 85.4 | 84.3 | 96.6 | 95.2 |
| 18. My teachers care about me as a person. | 94.9 | 90.5 | 90.7 | 93.1 | 90.5 |
| 19. This school teaches students about ways to get along with others. | 75.5 | 75.8 | 75.2 | 62.1 | 66.7 |
| 20. My teachers respect students. | 96.9 | 90.5 | 94.4 | 100.0 | 93.7 |
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| % Total Agreement |
| School Safety and Discipline |
| 21. Overall, I feel safe at school. | 90.1 | 90.4 | 89.5 | 89.7 | 90.5 |
| 22. Most of the time, my teachers teach without being interrupted by students who misbehave. | 80.2 | 78.7 | 75.1 | 82.8 | 76.2 |
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| % Total Agreement |
| Equity and Inclusion |
| 23. I am confident that students at my school can have open and honest conversations with each other about race. | 80.8 | 83.2 | 84.6 | 79.3 | 76.2 |
| 24. At my school, it is common for students to have close friends from different racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds. | 97.0 | 95.8 | 97.8 | 96.6 | 90.5 |
| 25. At my school, students treat people from different races, ethnicities, or cultures fairly. | 91.1 | 90.5 | 91.0 | 93.1 | 95.2 |
| 26. At my school, I am comfortable sharing my thoughts about race-related topics with other students. | 85.1 | 85.1 | 84.2 | 79.3 | 74.6 |
| 27. If I get into trouble, the school staff would treat me fairly | 90.1 | 80.6 | 85.1 | 89.7 | 87.3 |
| 28. School administrators treat students fairly. | 81.0 | 80.9 | 85.7 | 79.3 | 84.1 |
| 29. My teachers treat students fairly. | 91.1 | 85.9 | 92.0 | 96.4 | 87.1 |
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| Both A and B |
| Background |
| 30. What overall grade would you give MCPS? | 70.3 | 56.3 | 66.0 | 62.1 | 55.6 |
| 31. What overall grade would you give your school? | 63.0 | 60.4 | 66.8 | 65.5 | 66.7 |
AS=Asian, BL=Black/African American, HI=Hispanic/Latino, OT=All Other (including Two or More Races as well as American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander), WH=White; Surveys without a race indicated are not included in this summary. Survey response rate estimates by race/ethnicity are generated by dividing the number of survey respondents selecting a given race/ethnicity by totals counts with a given race/ethnicity recorded in district records. The Other race/ethnicity category includes individuals who reported two or more races. At the district elementary, middle, and high school levels, and in many individual schools, substantially greater numbers of respondents reported two or more races on the survey than were recorded in district records. As a result, Other response rate estimates are top-coded at 100% and may represent over-estimates of true response rates for this category. Additionally, results are not reported (--) for groups with fewer than 5 respondents.
Blank responses are excluded from the summaries of results.
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