Class Environment

Cowpens Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.1 Down from 65.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary $48,987 Up from $46,458
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.2 Up from 79.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Up from 78.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 17.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 31.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 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.