Class Environment

Jerry Zucker Middle School Of Science


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61.0 Up from 54.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.7 Down from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 96.7 Up from 95.5
Average teacher salary $51,368 Up from $49,431
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 59.0 Up from 53.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.3 Down from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.4 Down from 72.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.9
Prime instructional time 92.4 Up from 91.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.8 to 1 Up from 23.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 Down from 23.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6.7 Down from 19
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 4

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.