Class Environment

Dent Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 76 Down from 86
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.3 Up from 73.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 93.5
Average teacher salary $56,738 Up from $55,402
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.5 Up from 78
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.4 Up from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.6 Down from 3.5
Prime instructional time 85.8 Up from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.2 to 1 Down from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.9 Down from 21.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 18
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.1 Down from 10.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 20.0 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.