Class Environment

Palmetto Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 10 Down from 15
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 No change
Teacher attendance rate 96.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,655 Up from $50,804
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 60.0 Down from 72.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.9 Down from 81.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 60.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 95.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.4 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.8 Down from 44
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 69.2 Up from 60
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 Up from 15
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.