Class Environment

Jerry Zucker Middle School Of Science


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47 Up from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.3 Up from 48.8
Teacher attendance rate 97.3 Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary $63,560 Up from $57,569
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 90.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.1 Up from 70.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.2 Up from 71.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.1 Down from 4.7
Prime instructional time 89.3 Up from 84.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Down from 27.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.5 Down from 26.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.5 Down from 14.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 14.3 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.