diff --git a/app/models/response_rate_calculator.rb b/app/models/response_rate_calculator.rb
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+module ResponseRateCalculator
+  TEACHER_RATE_THRESHOLD = 25
+  STUDENT_RATE_THRESHOLD = 25
+
+  def initialize(subcategory:, school:, academic_year:)
+    @subcategory = subcategory
+    @school = school
+    @academic_year = academic_year
+  end
+
+  def rate
+    return 100 if Respondent.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).count.zero?
+
+    return 0 unless survey_item_count.positive?
+
+    average_responses_per_survey_item = response_count / survey_item_count.to_f
+
+    return 0 unless total_possible_responses.positive?
+
+    response_rate = (average_responses_per_survey_item / total_possible_responses.to_f * 100).round
+    cap_at_100(response_rate)
+  end
+
+  def meets_student_threshold?
+    rate >= STUDENT_RATE_THRESHOLD
+  end
+
+  def meets_teacher_threshold?
+    rate >= TEACHER_RATE_THRESHOLD
+  end
+
+  def cap_at_100(response_rate)
+    response_rate > 100 ? 100 : response_rate
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/student_response_rate_calculator.rb b/app/models/student_response_rate_calculator.rb
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+class StudentResponseRateCalculator
+  include ResponseRateCalculator
+
+  private
+
+  def survey_item_count
+    @survey_item_count ||= begin
+      survey = Survey.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).first
+      survey_items = SurveyItem.includes(%i[scale
+                                            measure]).student_survey_items.where("scale.measure": @subcategory.measures)
+      survey_items = survey_items.where(on_short_form: true) if survey.form == 'short'
+      survey_items = survey_items.reject do |survey_item|
+        survey_item.survey_item_responses.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).none?
+      end
+      survey_items.count
+    end
+  end
+
+  def response_count
+    @response_count ||= @subcategory.measures.map do |measure|
+      measure.student_survey_items.map do |survey_item|
+        survey_item.survey_item_responses.where(school: @school,
+                                                academic_year: @academic_year).exclude_boston.count
+      end.sum
+    end.sum
+  end
+
+  def total_possible_responses
+    @total_possible_responses ||= begin
+      total_responses = Respondent.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).first
+      return 0 unless total_responses.present?
+
+      total_responses.total_students
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# survey = Survey.where(school:, academic_year:).first
+# total_possible_student_responses = Respondent.where(school:, academic_year:).first
+
+# student_survey_items = Subcategory.all.map do |subcategory|
+#   subcategory.measures.map do |measure|
+#     measure.student_scales.map do |scale|
+#       scale.survey_items.count
+#     end.sum
+#   end.sum
+# end
+# student_response_counts = Subcategory.all.map do |subcategory|
+#   subcategory.measures.map do |measure|
+#     measure.student_survey_items.map do |survey_item|
+#       survey_item.survey_item_responses.where(school:, academic_year:).exclude_boston.count
+#     end.sum
+#   end.sum
+# end
+
+# student_response_counts.each_with_index.map do |value, index|
+#   value.to_f / student_survey_items[index] / total_possible_student_responses * 100
+# end
diff --git a/app/models/teacher_response_rate_calculator.rb b/app/models/teacher_response_rate_calculator.rb
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+class TeacherResponseRateCalculator
+  include ResponseRateCalculator
+
+  def survey_item_count
+    @survey_item_count ||= @subcategory.measures.map do |measure|
+      measure.teacher_survey_items.reject do |survey_item|
+        survey_item.survey_item_responses.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).none?
+      end.count
+    end.sum
+  end
+
+  def response_count
+    @response_count ||= @subcategory.measures.map do |measure|
+      measure.teacher_survey_items.map do |survey_item|
+        survey_item.survey_item_responses.where(school: @school,
+                                                academic_year: @academic_year).exclude_boston.count
+      end.sum
+    end.sum
+  end
+
+  def total_possible_responses
+    @total_possible_responses ||= begin
+      total_responses = Respondent.where(school: @school, academic_year: @academic_year).first
+      return 0 unless total_responses.present?
+
+      total_responses.total_teachers
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/response_rate_calculator_spec.rb b/spec/models/response_rate_calculator_spec.rb
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+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe ResponseRateCalculator, type: :model do
+  let(:school) { create(:school) }
+  let(:academic_year) { create(:academic_year) }
+
+  describe StudentResponseRateCalculator do
+    let(:subcategory) { create(:subcategory) }
+    let(:sufficient_measure_1) { create(:measure, subcategory:) }
+    let(:sufficient_scale_1) { create(:scale, measure: sufficient_measure_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_measure_2) { create(:measure, subcategory:) }
+    let(:sufficient_scale_2) { create(:scale, measure: sufficient_measure_2) }
+    let(:sufficient_teacher_survey_item) { create(:teacher_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_student_survey_item_1) { create(:student_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:insufficient_student_survey_item_1) { create(:student_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_student_survey_item_2) { create(:student_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_2) }
+
+    before :each do
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::TEACHER_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_teacher_survey_item,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::STUDENT_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_student_survey_item_1,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 4)
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::STUDENT_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_student_survey_item_2,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 4)
+    end
+    context 'when a students take a regular survey' do
+      before :each do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+      end
+
+      context 'when the average number of student responses per question in a subcategory is equal to the student response threshold' do
+        it 'returns a response rate equal to the response threshold' do
+          expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                   academic_year:).rate).to eq 25
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when students take the short form survey' do
+      before :each do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, form: :short, school:, academic_year:)
+      end
+
+      context 'when the average number of student responses per question in a subcategory is equal to the student response threshold' do
+        before :each do
+          sufficient_student_survey_item_1.update! on_short_form: true
+          sufficient_student_survey_item_2.update! on_short_form: true
+        end
+
+        it 'returns 100 percent' do
+          expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                   academic_year:).rate).to eq 25
+        end
+
+        context 'for the same number of responses, if only one of the questions is a short form question, the response rate will be half' do
+          before do
+            sufficient_student_survey_item_2.update! on_short_form: false
+          end
+
+          it 'returns 100 percent' do
+            expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                     academic_year:).rate).to eq 50
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the average number of teacher responses is greater than the total possible responses' do
+      before do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+        create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::STUDENT_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD * 11, survey_item: sufficient_student_survey_item_2,
+                                                                                                academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      end
+      it 'returns 100 percent' do
+        expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                 academic_year:).rate).to eq 100
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when no survey information exists for that school or year' do
+      it 'returns 100 percent' do
+        expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:, academic_year:).rate).to eq 100
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when there is an imbalance in the response rate of the student items' do
+      context 'and one of the student items has no associated survey item responses' do
+        before do
+          create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+          create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+          insufficient_student_survey_item_1
+        end
+        it 'ignores the empty survey item and returns only the average response rate of student survey items with responses' do
+          expect(StudentResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                   academic_year:).rate).to eq 25
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe TeacherResponseRateCalculator do
+    let(:subcategory) { create(:subcategory) }
+    let(:sufficient_measure_1) { create(:measure, subcategory:) }
+    let(:sufficient_scale_1) { create(:scale, measure: sufficient_measure_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_measure_2) { create(:measure, subcategory:) }
+    let(:sufficient_scale_2) { create(:scale, measure: sufficient_measure_2) }
+    let(:sufficient_teacher_survey_item_1) { create(:teacher_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_teacher_survey_item_2) { create(:teacher_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_teacher_survey_item_3) { create(:teacher_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:insufficient_teacher_survey_item_4) { create(:teacher_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+    let(:sufficient_student_survey_item_1) { create(:student_survey_item, scale: sufficient_scale_1) }
+
+    before :each do
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::TEACHER_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_teacher_survey_item_1,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::TEACHER_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_teacher_survey_item_2,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::STUDENT_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD, survey_item: sufficient_student_survey_item_1,
+                                                                                         academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 4)
+    end
+
+    context 'when the average number of teacher responses per question in a subcategory is at the threshold' do
+      before :each do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+      end
+      it 'returns 25 percent' do
+        expect(TeacherResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                 academic_year:).rate).to eq 25
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the teacher response rate is not a whole number. eg 29.166%' do
+      before do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+        create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::TEACHER_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD + 1, survey_item: sufficient_teacher_survey_item_3,
+                                                                                               academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      end
+      it 'it will return the nearest whole number' do
+        expect(TeacherResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                 academic_year:).rate).to eq 29
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the average number of teacher responses is greater than the total possible responses' do
+      before do
+        create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+        create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+        create_list(:survey_item_response, SurveyItemResponse::TEACHER_RESPONSE_THRESHOLD * 11, survey_item: sufficient_teacher_survey_item_3,
+                                                                                                academic_year:, school:, likert_score: 1)
+      end
+      it 'returns 100 percent' do
+        expect(TeacherResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                 academic_year:).rate).to eq 100
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when no survey information exists for that school and academic_year' do
+      it 'returns 100 percent' do
+        expect(TeacherResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                 academic_year:).rate).to eq 100
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when there is an imbalance in the response rate of the teacher items' do
+      context 'and one of the teacher items has no associated survey item responses' do
+        before do
+          create(:respondent, school:, academic_year:)
+          create(:survey, school:, academic_year:)
+          insufficient_teacher_survey_item_4
+        end
+        it 'ignores the empty survey item and returns only the average response rate of teacher survey items with responses' do
+          expect(TeacherResponseRateCalculator.new(subcategory:, school:,
+                                                   academic_year:).rate).to eq 25
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end