Class Environment

Whale Branch Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Up from 56.7
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $61,288 Up from $53,463
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.3 Down from 96.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 45.8 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 65.5 Down from 76.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.8 Up from 3.3
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 Up from 17.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.9 Down from 27.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 32.1 Up from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.