Class Environment

Banks Trail Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $49,829 Up from $48,437
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.8 Down from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.1 Up from 75.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.9 Down from 84.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.4 Down from 94.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.8 to 1 Up from 22.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 19.4 Up from 5.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 16.1 Up from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5 Up from 3

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.