Class Environment

Deer Park Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 Up from 35.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.8 Up from 54.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Down from 96.8
Average teacher salary $53,808 Up from $45,587
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 48.6 Up from 34.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 44.8 Down from 70.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Down from 2.9
Prime instructional time 88.4 Down from 96.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 Down from 41.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 20.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 5

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.