Class Environment

Gold Hill Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.3 Up from 55.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Up from 92.0
Average teacher salary $52,955 Up from $51,349
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.4 Up from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 Up from 71.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.5 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Up from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.0 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 7
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.