Class Environment

Gaffney Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.0 Up from 56.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $51,852 Up from $50,400
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.2 Down from 89.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.8 Down from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Down from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 86.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Up from 14.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8.0 Down from 24.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.0 Down from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3

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.