Class Environment

Belton Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.1 Down from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $45,911 Up from $44,728
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.4 Up from 70.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.9 Up from 76.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Down from 84.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.9 Down from 91.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.9 to 1 Up from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.2 Down from 34.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.6 Down from 13
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3

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.