Class Environment

Philip Simmons High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32.0 Up from 22.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.9 Down from 54.5
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 95.7
Average teacher salary $46,183 Up from $45,762
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 59.4 Down from 72.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.7 Up from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.3 to 1 Down from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 8.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.