Class Environment

Sims Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.5 Up from 51.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $60,513 Up from $57,480
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.7 Up from 95.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.7 Up from 68.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.1 Up from 74.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.3
Prime instructional time 81.9 Up from 81.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.1 to 1 Down from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.8 Down from 10
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.4 Up from 26.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Up from 16
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.