Class Environment

Whale Branch Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 21 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.5 Up from 89.1
Average teacher salary $71,456 Up from $68,274
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Up from 93.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.3 Down from 72
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 60.4 Down from 61.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.8 Down from 6.7
Prime instructional time 72.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.0 Up from 22.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.5 Up from 12.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 4

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.