Class Environment

Whale Branch Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 89.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $68,274 Up from $61,288
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.3 Up from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.0 Up from 45.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 61.5 Down from 65.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.7 Up from 3.8
Prime instructional time 82.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.8 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.6 Up from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.9 Down from 32.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 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.