Class Environment

Longleaf Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Down from 56
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 80.4 Up from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.5 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $59,178 Up from $54,395
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Up from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 69.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Up from 78.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.7 Up from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 22.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.7 Down from 13.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.7 Up from 6.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 4
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.