Class Environment

Buford Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 21 Down from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 85.7 Up from 69.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Up from 91.0
Average teacher salary $65,076 Up from $57,284
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.4 Down from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.1 Down from 92.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 7.7
Prime instructional time 84.0 Up from 83.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.0 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.0 Down from 21.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.0 Down from 14.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.