Class Environment

Philip Simmons Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23.0 Up from 22.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.5 Down from 63.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary $49,201 Up from $46,786
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.9 Up from 72.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.5 Up from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Up from 15.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 28.6 Up from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 Up from 13.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change

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.