Class Environment

Whale Branch Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.7 Down from 62.1
Teacher attendance rate 90.4 Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary $53,463 Up from $52,124
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.7 Up from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 84
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.0 Up from 72.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Down from 3.4
Prime instructional time 80.7 Down from 86.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.9 to 1 Down from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.