Class Environment

Southside Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63 Down from 67
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.7 Up from 47.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $59,948 Up from $54,304
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Up from 91.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.4 Up from 70.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.6 Down from 78.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.4 to 1 Down from 26.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.7 Down from 21
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.4 Down from 46.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 23 Down from 38
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.