Class Environment

Simmons Pinckney Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25.0 Up from 21.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.0 Up from 52.4
Teacher attendance rate 97.3 Up from 97.1
Average teacher salary $51,879 Up from $47,035
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 20.0 Down from 42.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.5 Up from 44.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 46.4 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 91.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.1 to 1 Up from 9.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 37.5 Down from 44.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 25.0 Up from 22.2
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.