School Climate

Deer Park Middle


Excellent
7.57/ 10
Points earned

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.


Excellent
7.57/ 10
Points earned

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (7.57 / 10)
75.70%
District    (7.50 / 10)
75%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 60.7% 60.8% 75.7%
District 68.8% 70.8% 75%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(29 of 29 participated – 100%)

School    (8.3 / 10)
83%
District    (7.7 / 10)
77%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 80.5% 77.4% 83%
District 74.1% 73.1% 77%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(29 of 29 participated – 100%)

School    (8.8 / 10)
88%
District    (8 / 10)
80%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 79.3% 76.7% 88%
District 73.3% 75.3% 80%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(29 of 29 participated – 100%)

School    (8.6 / 10)
86%
District    (9 / 10)
90%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 75.1% 86.2% 86%
District 83.3% 86.3% 90%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(242 of 270 participated – 89.63%)

School    (5.4 / 10)
54%
District    (5.3 / 10)
53%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 21% 18.1% 54%
District 43.2% 46.7% 53%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(241 of 270 participated – 89.26%)

School    (6.9 / 10)
69%
District    (7.6 / 10)
76%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 47.5% 45.7% 69%
District 70% 72.5% 76%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 100%    (29 / 29)
100%
District 92.10%    (3778 / 4101)
92.10%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 100% 100% 100%
District 95.3% 94% 92.1%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

School 93.80%    (270 / 288)
93.80%
District 91.30%    (28739 / 31467)
91.30%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School 87.7% 91.3% 93.8%
District 90.6% 90.9% 91.3%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 31 287 12
Percent satisfied with learning environment 96.8%
86.2%
100%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 100%
88.8%
90%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 93.3%
93.9%
100%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 9.5 Up from 8.7
Percent of students retained 1.3 Up from 0.3
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 4 Up from 3
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 31.9 Down from 34.0
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) 94.7 N/A

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.