Class Environment

Furman Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Up from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.3 Down from 59.1
Teacher attendance rate 97.6 Up from 91.0
Average teacher salary $57,136 Down from $59,964
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.0 Down from 76.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.4 Down from 73.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 29.2 Down from 40.9
Prime instructional time 79.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.2 to 1 Up from 27.9 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 50.0 Up from 2.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 25 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 58.0 Up from 38.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 29 Up from 17

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.