Class Environment

Laing Middle School Of Science And Technology


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.4 Up from 66.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 95.4
Average teacher salary $69,992 Up from $63,877
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 Up from 70.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.7 Down from 79.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.8 Up from 91.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.9 to 1 Up from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.2 Down from 13.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.1 Down from 9.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 6
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.