Class Environment

St. Stephen Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16.0 Down from 19.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.8 Down from 73.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary $56,114 Up from $53,292
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 50.0 Down from 57.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.2 Up from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Up from 78.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.0 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.9 to 1 Up from 15.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 13.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 10.0 Up from 6.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.