Class Environment

W.A. Perry Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.1 Up from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Down from 95.9
Average teacher salary $63,561 Up from $57,636
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 92.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.7 Up from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.0 Up from 70.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 18.5 No change
Prime instructional time 74.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.8 to 1 Up from 16.3 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 11.1 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.2 Down from 22.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 No change

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.