Class Environment

Philip Simmons High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.4 Down from 55.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $57,350 Up from $54,888
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 83
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.1 Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 2.1
Prime instructional time 84.1 Down from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.9 to 1 Up from 28.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.1 Down from 17.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.1 Down from 14.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.