Class Environment

R. P. Dawkins Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55 Down from 58
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.2 Up from 77.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 90.9
Average teacher salary $63,715 Up from $60,147
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 Down from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.0 Down from 89.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.7
Prime instructional time 85.6 Up from 83.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.7 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.0 Down from 8.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.5 Down from 13.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 8
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 66.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.