Class Environment

Blythewood Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.7 Down from 68.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 94.9
Average teacher salary $49,924 Down from $52,736
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 58.8 Down from 72.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 64.6 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.9 Down from 84.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 92.1 Up from 90.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.0 to 1 Down from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 45.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.