Class Environment

Alston Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52.0 Down from 53.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.8 Up from 54.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary $47,893 Down from $48,157
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.0 Up from 73.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.6 Down from 83.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.5 Down from 85.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Up from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 Down from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.6 Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.