Class Environment

Highland Springs Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Up from 24
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.5 Up from 45.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 95.4
Average teacher salary $66,483 Up from $61,513
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.4 to 1 Up from 12.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 2.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.3 Up from 18.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.2 Down from 25
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 8

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.