Class Environment

James Simons Montessori School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Up from 20
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 87.0 Down from 90.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $77,530 Up from $70,858
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 84
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 Down from 81.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time 86.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.6 to 1 Up from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 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 11.5 Up from 4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 26.9 Down from 32
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 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.