Class Environment

Fairforest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 64.0 Up from 62.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.4 Down from 51.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $47,197 Up from $45,065
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.1 Up from 75.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.8 Up from 81.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.3 Down from 85.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.6 Down from 3.2
Prime instructional time 88.2 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.7 Down from 40
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 Down from 5.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 2

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.