Class Environment

Whittemore Park Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Up from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.4 Down from 81.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 93.7
Average teacher salary $69,247 Up from $67,063
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.2 Up from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.1 Up from 77.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 9.3 Down from 14.3
Prime instructional time 83.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.6 to 1 Down from 19.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.3 Up from 8.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.2 Down from 7.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 No change

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.