title: Relationships Among Student, Staff, and Administrative Measures of School Climate and Student Health and Academic Outcomes.
abstract: School climate is an integral part of a comprehensive approach to improving the well-being of students; however, little is known about the relationships between its different domains and measures. We examined the relationships between student, staff, and administrative measures of school climate to understand the extent to which they were related to each other and student outcomes.
  
  
  
  The sample included 33,572 secondary school students from 121 schools in Los Angeles County during the 2014-2015 academic year. A multilevel regression model was constructed to examine the association between the domains and measures of school climate and 5 outcomes of student well-being: depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation, tobacco use, alcohol use, marijuana use, and grades.
  
  
  
  Student, staff, and administrative measures of school climate were weakly correlated. Strong associations were found between student outcomes and student reports of engagement and safety, while school staff reports and administrative measures of school climate showed limited associations with student outcomes.
  
  
  
  As schools seek to measure and implement interventions aimed at improving school climate, consideration should be given to grounding these efforts in a multidimensional conceptualization of climate that values student perspectives and includes elements of both engagement and safety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.|Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 3530 Wilshire Blvd, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90010.
authors.forename: Lauren N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Gase
authors.affiliation: Education Department, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California, Box 951521, 1002 MH, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521.
authors.forename: Louis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.affiliation: Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 3530 Wilshire Blvd, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90010.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, Fielding School of Public Health, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Box 956900, A2-125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900.
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Glenn
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 10990 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 900, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6939.
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inkelas
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 1550, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772.|Center for Health Policy Research, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 1550, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772.
authors.forename: Ninez A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ponce
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002140:California; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology
keywords: school climate; school improvement; school safety; student perceptions; teacher perceptions