Class Environment

Jerry Zucker Middle School Of Science


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.8 Up from 47.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $57,569 Up from $55,833
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.7 Down from 96.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.2 Up from 67.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.4 Down from 74.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.7 Up from 3.8
Prime instructional time 84.7 Up from 81.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.6 to 1 Up from 26.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.8 Up from 23.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.6 Down from 16.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 7
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.