Class Environment

Southside Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 70 Up from 63
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.7 Down from 58.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $58,988 Down from $59,948
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.4 Down from 95.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Up from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.4 Up from 74.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Down from 6.3
Prime instructional time 82.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 Down from 25.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 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 42.3 Up from 10.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 33 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 44.9 Up from 27.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 35 Up from 23

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.