Class Environment

Pleasant Knoll Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56.0 Up from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 63.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $51,852 Up from $50,700
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.8 Up from 71.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.6 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Down from 91.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Up from 22.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.8 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.