Class Environment

Bluffton Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 64 Up from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.9 Down from 64.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 90.7
Average teacher salary $66,458 Up from $64,428
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.5 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Up from 83.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.8
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.1 to 1 Up from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.9 Down from 13.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.6 Down from 6.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 4
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.