Class Environment

Northwest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $59,371 Up from $55,788
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.8 Up from 76.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.5 Up from 75.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.1
Prime instructional time 83.5 Up from 82.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.3 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.9 Down from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 4
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.