Class Environment

Hand Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 50
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.3 Up from 56.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $64,393 Up from $59,096
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.1 Down from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.0 Down from 78.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.0
Prime instructional time 82.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.0 to 1 Up from 20.0 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 7.9 Up from 3.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.9 Up from 8.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 5

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.