Class Environment

Black Water Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48.0 Up from 44.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.6 Up from 56.8
Teacher attendance rate 81.1 Down from 93.2
Average teacher salary $50,725 Down from $50,749
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 79.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.2 Up from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.8 Up from 89.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 74.6 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 22.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 19.0 Up from 13.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 No change
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.