Class Environment

Castle Heights Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Down from 63.0
Teacher attendance rate 89.7 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $61,847 Up from $58,423
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 78.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.5 Down from 77.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.2 Down from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Down from 25.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.8 Up from 6.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.6 Down from 28.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 13
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.