Class Environment

Jerry Zucker Middle School Of Science


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Up from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 55.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 97.3
Average teacher salary $71,979 Up from $63,560
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.9 Up from 79.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.7 Up from 72.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.1 No change
Prime instructional time 76.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.0 to 1 Up from 25.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.5 Down from 22.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.1 Up from 7.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 3

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.