Class Environment
Whittemore Park Middle School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 56.0 | Up from 54.0 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 64.3 | Down from 74.1 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 95.2 | Up from 94.2 |
| Average teacher salary | $51,952 | Up from $50,177 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 51.8 | Down from 55.6 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 76.1 | N/A |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 76.7 | Down from 78.8 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 1.8 | Down from 3.6 |
| Prime instructional time | 89.4 | Up from 87.7 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.8 to 1 | Down from 22.7 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 27.3 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 9 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 3.0 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 1 | 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.