Class Environment

Furman Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 Down from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.1 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 73.6
Average teacher salary $55,962 Up from $54,695
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.6 Down from 74.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 82.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 20.7 Up from 20.0
Prime instructional time 81.7 Down from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.2 to 1 Down from 30.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.6 Down from 26.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 46.5 Up from 30.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Up from 16
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.