Class Environment

W.A. Perry Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 94.8
Average teacher salary $57,636 Up from $54,818
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.6 Down from 97.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 75.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.6 Down from 78.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 18.5 Up from 8.8
Prime instructional time 83.8 Up from 82.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.3 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.0 Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.9 Up from 19.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 7
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.