Class Environment

Paul Knox Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32 Down from 35
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.3 Up from 48.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $62,279 Up from $57,913
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Up from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Down from 83.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.1 Up from 2.9
Prime instructional time 87.2 Up from 85.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.2 to 1 Down from 28.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 2.9 Down from 10.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.9 Down from 23.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down 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.