Class Environment

Bates Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.0 Up from 57.6
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $52,718 Up from $49,171
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.4 Up from 72.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.7 Down from 80.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 10.3 Down from 27.3
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Down from 25.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.5 Down from 51.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 24
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.6 Down from 36.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 17
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 66.7
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 2

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.