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2023-2024 Student Climate Survey — Student Results

This school enrolls Grade 6 through Grade 8 students.

All students at this school had an opportunity to submit a survey. - 277 Returned (25%)

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.

	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	N Responses
Academic Environment
1. I think school will be useful to me in the future.	53.3	34.8	9.1	2.9	276
2. I am excited to participate in my classes at school.	15.9	53.6	25.7	4.7	276
3. I am interested in my classes at school.	17.9	55.5	23.7	2.9	274
4. My teacher(s) seem excited to be teaching my classes at school.	21.3	57.8	18.4	2.5	277
5. At my school, the behavior of other students helps my learning.	10.2	28.8	48.2	12.8	274
6. My teachers help me when I don’t understand.	35.0	56.0	7.6	1.4	277
7. My teachers encourage me to do my best.	41.6	52.9	4.4	1.1	274
8. My teachers are well prepared to teach.	31.0	61.7	5.8	1.5	274
13. At my school, students show me respect.	20.1	56.2	17.2	6.6	274
14. The energy of my school is positive.	15.3	50.2	25.5	9.1	275
Social Environment
9. It is important to me to do well in school.	64.9	30.8	2.9	1.4	276
10. Overall, I feel like I belong at my school.	32.2	55.4	8.0	4.3	276
11. I matter to other students at my school.	25.7	52.2	16.3	5.8	276
12. I feel connected to other students at my school.	30.7	49.8	13.4	6.1	277
15. When my teachers ask “how are you doing?” I often feel that my teachers are really interested in my answer.	20.3	47.8	25.4	6.5	276
16. I have teachers and/or other students from school that I can count on to help me, no matter what.	39.6	47.6	9.5	3.3	275
17. I have at least one trusted adult at school who supports me.	41.5	41.1	13.8	3.6	275
18. My teachers care about me as a person.	33.2	57.4	7.9	1.4	277
19. This school teaches students about ways to get along with others.	21.7	47.8	24.3	6.2	276
20. My teachers respect students.	31.3	60.4	5.5	2.9	275
School Safety and Discipline
21. Overall, I feel safe at school.	33.2	53.9	10.3	2.6	271
22. Most of the time, my teachers teach without being interrupted by students who misbehave.	6.6	28.4	37.3	27.7	271
Equity and Inclusion
23. I am confident that students at my school can have open and honest conversations with each other about race.	24.1	47.1	21.2	7.7	274
24. At my school, it is common for students to have close friends from different racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds.	50.0	42.8	5.4	1.8	276
25. At my school, students treat people from different races, ethnicities, or cultures fairly.	35.1	46.7	12.7	5.4	276
26. At my school, I am comfortable sharing my thoughts about race-related topics with other students.	24.4	51.3	15.6	8.7	275
27. If I get into trouble, the school staff would treat me fairly	27.6	50.5	14.5	7.3	275
28. School administrators treat students fairly.	31.6	47.6	16.0	4.7	275
29. My teachers treat students fairly.	32.5	50.7	12.0	4.7	274

	A = Outstanding	B = High	C = Acceptable	D = Minimal	F = Unacceptable	N Responses
Background
30. What overall grade would you give MCPS?	22.4	48.7	23.5	4.7	0.7	277
31. What overall grade would you give your school?	17.6	44.0	29.7	5.9	2.9	273

Blank responses are excluded from the summaries of results.
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