Class Environment

Philip Simmons High School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Up from 52.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 91.0
Average teacher salary $68,175 Up from $57,350
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.8 Up from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.9 Up from 80.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.3 Up from 2.4
Prime instructional time 78.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.5 to 1 Down from 28.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.3 Up from 8.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.7 Down from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 5

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.