Class Environment

Thomas C. Cario Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 64 Up from 61
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.9 Up from 54.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $76,085 Up from $67,266
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.4 Up from 87.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Up from 84.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.3 to 1 Up from 25.7 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 10.3 Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 0

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.