Class Environment

South Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.0 Down from 58.6
Teacher attendance rate 91.2 Up from 91.1
Average teacher salary $57,681 Up from $56,556
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.0 Down from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Up from 60
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.4 Down from 70.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.2 Up from 82.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.4 to 1 Up from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.0 Down from 16.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 47.5 Up from 25.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 Up from 11
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.