Class Environment

Dent Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 67 Down from 76
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.2 Down from 76.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary $57,997 Up from $56,738
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.3 Down from 80.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.0 Down from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.6
Prime instructional time 86.9 Up from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 18.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.4 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.5 Up from 7.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 6
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.