Class Environment

Belton Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 Down from 35.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.9 Down from 62.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 95.5
Average teacher salary $44,728 Down from $46,152
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.6 Down from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 87.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.4 Up from 90.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Up from 22.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 34.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 13.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 N/A

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.