Class Environment

Furman Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 Down from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.1 Down from 62.1
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 Down from 93.2
Average teacher salary $59,964 Up from $55,962
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.7 Up from 68.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.2 Down from 79.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 40.9 Up from 20.7
Prime instructional time 80.4 Down from 81.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.9 to 1 Down from 29.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 2.3 Down from 11.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 38.6 Down from 46.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Down from 20
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.