Class Environment

Philip Simmons Middle School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Down from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $70,895 Up from $62,001
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.8 Down from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 96.3 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.0 Up from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 21.6 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 24.3 Up from 2.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.3 Up from 10.8
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.