Class Environment

Whittemore Park Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 81.0 Up from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $67,063 Up from $60,745
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.4 Up from 71.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.4 Down from 79.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 14.3 Up from 3.7
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 87.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.9 to 1 Down from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.7 Down from 21.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.2 Up from 5
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 3
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.