Class Environment

Summit Parkway Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61 Down from 63
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.6 Down from 69.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 92.7
Average teacher salary $55,812 Up from $54,487
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.5 Down from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.3 Down from 80.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 11.5 Up from 7.9
Prime instructional time 90.1 Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.6 to 1 Down from 25.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.5 Down from 17.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.2 Up from 14.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 16 Up from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.