Class Environment

Blythewood Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Up from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.6 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 96.9 Up from 93.9
Average teacher salary $56,111 Up from $53,103
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.9 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Up from 68
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.9 Down from 77.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.1
Prime instructional time 91.1 Up from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.2 to 1 Down from 25.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.9 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.4 Down from 30
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 15
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.