Class Environment

Springfield Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Up from 42.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.1 Down from 59.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 95.4
Average teacher salary $50,833 Down from $51,264
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.1 Up from 81.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.5 Up from 70.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.3 Down from 82.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 Down from 91.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.8 to 1 Down from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.7 Down from 23.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 8.3 Up from 2.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1

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.