Class Environment

Fairforest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.2 Up from 64.7
Teacher attendance rate 89.7 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $57,740 Up from $54,406
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.2 Up from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Up from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 81.2 Down from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 26.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.8 Down from 26.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 18
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.8 Down from 17.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 12
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.