Class Environment

Starr-Iva Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 44
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.5 Down from 61.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 92.7
Average teacher salary $59,457 Up from $55,160
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.4 Down from 97.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.7 Up from 78.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.9 Up from 77.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.1 Down from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Up from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.6 Up from 12.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.5 Up from 4.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 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.