Class Environment

Paul Knox Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.6 Down from 56.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.2 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $64,511 Up from $62,279
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.1 Down from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.6 Down from 82.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.1
Prime instructional time 78.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.2 to 1 Up from 28.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.6 Up from 2.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.7 Down from 22.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 8

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.