A Comparative Study of High School Students’ Perception Towards School Environment According to Their Demographics at an International School in Bangkok

This study mainly aimed to compare the high school students’ perceptions towards school environment according to their gender, nationality, grade and years of studying at an International School in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 90 students from grade 10 to 12 got involved in this study. The adapted questionnaire based on Kate (2005) was used to students’ perception towards school environment of 6 indicators including health policies, physical environment, social environment, school-community relation, personal skill building, and access to health services at the selected international school. The collected data was analyzed statistically. The study found the overall level of high school students’ perceptions towards school environment at this international school were regarded as high, particularly, the highest perception was for Health Policies, and the lowest perception was for School-community Relations. No significant differences in the students’ perceptions towards school environment according to their gender and grade were identified, however, significant differences of the students’ perception towards school environment between Non-Thai students and Thai students; between the students studying at the international school of Bangkok for 1-3 years and 10 years and above were determined