Class Environment

Northwoods Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.5 Up from 45.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $60,463 Up from $54,982
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.4 Up from 47.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 59.8 Down from 65.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.1 Up from 82.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Down from 26.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.0 Down from 30
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.0 Down from 30
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 15
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.