Class Environment

St. James Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49.0 Down from 71.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Up from 66.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $51,210 Down from $51,622
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.8 Up from 85.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.9 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Down from 88.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.8 to 1 Down from 39.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.