Class Environment

Starr-Iva Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.6 Up from 40.5
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $46,613 Up from $44,664
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.8 Up from 78.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.6 Up from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.0 Down from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Down from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.2 Down from 29.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.6 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.