Class Environment

Bates 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 69.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $56,554 Up from $52,718
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.7 Down from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.4 Down from 78.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 40.9 Up from 10.3
Prime instructional time 82.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.2 Down from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.0 Down from 25.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.