Class Environment

Blacksburg Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27.0 Up from 25.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.9 Down from 52.0
Teacher attendance rate 97.1 Up from 91.1
Average teacher salary $47,169 Down from $47,179
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 74.1 Down from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.0 Down from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.5 Down from 89.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.3 Up from 82.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.