East Kingston Student Survey Results 2004-05

East Kingston Student Survey Results

2004-2005

This survey has been administered as part of the district's data-driven decision-making efforts. The results of this survey will become part of the school's online school portfolio. This portfolio will serve to organize and present important information about the school, its performance, improvement efforts, and successes.

Questionnaire Results
School Environment	(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)		(5)		Average Rating	(1 + 2)	(4 + 5)
School Environment	Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Neutral		Agree		Strongly Agree		Average Rating	Strongly Dis. + Disagree	Strongly Agr. + Agree
When I am at school, I feel I belong	2	2%	2	2%	15	15%	35	40%	34	39%	4.1	5%	78%
I feel I am safe	0	0%	1	1%	10	10%	26	30%	51	58%	4.4	1%	88%
I have fun learning	1	1%	2	2%	38	38%	22	25%	25	28%	3.8	3%	53%
I like this school	0	0%	1	1%	13	13%	24	28%	49	56%	4.4	1%	84%
I feel this school is good	0	0%	1	1%	10	10%	34	39%	43	49%	4.4	1%	88%
I have freedom at school	5	6%	8	9%	32	32%	23	26%	20	23%	3.5	15%	49%
I have choices in what I learn	3	3%	20	23%	34	39%	17	20%	13	15%	3.2	26%	34%
Teachers	(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)		(5)		Average Rating	(1 + 2)	(4 + 5)
Teachers	Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Neutral		Agree		Strongly Agree		Average Rating	Strongly Dis. + Disagree	Strongly Agr. + Agree
My teachers treats me with respect	0	0%	2	2%	2	2%	17	19%	67	76%	4.7	2%	95%
My teachers cares about me	1	1%	1	1%	1	1%	20	23%	65	74%	4.7	2%	97%
My teachers thinks I will be successful	1	1%	0	0%	3	3%	26	30%	58	66%	4.6	1%	95%
My teacher listens to my ideas	0	0%	2	2%	1	11%	33	38%	42	48%	4.3	2%	85%
My principal cares about me	0	0%	3	3%	7	7%	30	34%	48	55%	4.4	3%	89%
My teacher is a good teacher	0	0%	0	0%	2	2%	13	15%	73	83%	4.8	0%	98%
My teacher believes I can learn	0	0%	0	0%	3	3%	16	18%	69	78%	4.8	0%	97%
Classroom Time	(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)		(5)		Average Rating	(1 + 2)	(4 + 5)
Classroom Time	Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Neutral		Agree		Strongly Agree		Average Rating	Strongly Dis. + Disagree	Strongly Agr. + Agree
I am recognized for good work	2	2%	2	2%	15	17%	34	39%	35	40%	4.1	5%	78%
I am challenged by the work my teacher asks me to do	5	6%	8	9%	33	38%	18	20%	24	27%	3.5	15%	48%
The work I do in class makes me think	0	0%	5	6%	21	24%	28	32%	34	39%	4.0	6%	70%
I know what I am supposed to be learning in my class	0	0%	3	3%	14	16%	29	34%	40	47%	4.2	3%	80%
I am a good student	0	0%	0	0%	9	10%	30	34%	49	56%	4.5	0%	90%
I can be a better student	5	6%	5	6%	30	34%	24	27%	24	27%	3.6	11%	55%
Very good work is expected at my school	1	1%	4	5%	23	26%	22	25%	38	43%	4.0	6%	68%
I behave well at school	0	0%	0	0%	12	14%	40	45%	36	41%	4.3	0%	86%
Students	(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)		(5)		Average Rating	(1 + 2)	(4 + 5)
Students	Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Neutral		Agree		Strongly Agree		Average Rating	Strongly Dis. + Disagree	Strongly Agr. + Agree
Students are treated fairly by teachers	2	2%	3	3%	16	18%	16	18%	51	58%	4.3	6%	76%
Students are treated fairly by the principal	2	2%	4	5%	18	20%	22	25%	42	48%	4.1	7%	73%
Students are treated fairly by the people on recess duty	1	1%	6	7%	23	26%	25	28%	33	38%	3.9	8%	66%
Students at my school treat me with respect	2	2%	4	5%	22	26%	31	36%	27	31%	3.9	7%	67%
Students at my school are friendly	1	1%	1	1%	30	34%	31	35%	25	28%	3.9	2%	64%
I have lots of friends	4	5%	3	3%	15	17%	23	26%	43	49%	4.2	8%	75%
I have support for learning at home	0	0%	2	2%	10	11%	22	25%	54	61%	4.5	2%	86%
My family believe I can do well in school	0	0%	0	0%	3	3%	19	22%	66	75%	4.7	0%	97%
My family wants me to do well in school	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	10	11%	78	89%	4.9	0%	100%

Comments

A majority of the respondents to this survey answered the following questions. This information was analyzed in the following manner:

(1) the comments were identified by topics and sub-topics
(2) comments were then sorted to reveal groupings by topics and sub-topics

Question 1 - What do you like about this school?
Topic 1 - Academics/Curriculum
	Curriculum (13)	Challenges us in our work.
		I like how you switch subjects after an hour instead of sticking to that subject for an hour and 45 minutes.

Topic 2 - Administration
	Nurse (1)	The school nurse is a lot of help to all the people in the school.

Topic 3 - School
	Activities (1)	Some of the activities.
	Behavior (3)	I like that our school is well behaved.
	Facility (3)	I like that our school is a kind school and clean.
		The classrooms, the books, the indoor games, the school store.
	Lockers (3)	I like having lockers in our class.
	Lunch (4)	Everything except the pizza.
	Recess (5)	I like that we have two recesses per day.
	Related (5)	Gym, tech, library, and lunch.
	Safety (2)	I feel comfortable in this school because we practice fire drills, lock downs and earthquakes.
	Size (9)	I like this school is small so you get more attention.
	Social (21)	I like school because I have lots of friends.
		I like that everyone is very kind and that they really care about other people.

Topic 4 - Teachers
	Good/Nice/Like (38)	The teachers are very nice
		I like my teachers

Question 2 - What do you wish was different at this school?
Topic 1 - Academics/Curriculum
	Challenge (1)
	Curriculum (4)
	Homework (4)
	Everyday Math (2)

Topic 2 - Administration
	Principal (2)	Too many changes

Topic 3 - School
	Activities (4)	We get to do lots of fun things like go to Sergeant Camp and Field Day; events like Earth day, stuffed animal day and the school store
	Facility (5)	I wish the playground was bigger and had more climbing things.
		More comfortable seats in lunch room
	Lunch (12)	The pizza is horrible
	Recess (20)	Longer recess
		I wish we had options for recess
	Related Classes (3)
	Size (4)
	Transportation (1)	Fifth graders not letting you sit in the back of the bus

Topic 5 - Teachers
	Discipline (3)	I wish the teachers could be stricter and have more severe consequences.