Class Environment

James Simons Montessori School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 20 Down from 24
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 90.0 Up from 83.3
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary $70,858 Up from $63,785
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.0 Up from 73.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Down from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.1 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.2 to 1 Down from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.0 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 32.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.