Class Environment

Saluda Trail Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50 Up from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.0 Up from 52.1
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 91.5
Average teacher salary $57,421 Up from $55,852
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.0 Down from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 65.3 Down from 67.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.6 Down from 75.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 16.0 Up from 6.3
Prime instructional time 84.9 Up from 84.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.0 to 1 Up from 21.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.9 Up from 7.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.0 Down from 39.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Down from 20
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.