Class Environment

W. G. Sanders Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 80.0 Up from 65.2
Teacher attendance rate 90.7 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary $63,311 Up from $57,384
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Up from 69.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.8 Down from 78.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 11.4 Up from 8.7
Prime instructional time 82.5 Down from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 17.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.5 Down from 12
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.5 Down from 26
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 13
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.