Class Environment

New Heights Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 21 Up from 19
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 38.1 Down from 52.6
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Up from 88.2
Average teacher salary $57,752 Down from $58,153
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.4 Down from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 28.6 Up from 5.3
Prime instructional time 73.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.7 to 1 Down from 20.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 34.5 Up from 2.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 20 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 39.7 Up from 20.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 23 Up from 9

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.