Class Environment

Heyward Gibbes Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.3 Down from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Up from 85.8
Average teacher salary $63,471 Up from $57,182
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Up from 70
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.8 Down from 70.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 31.3 Down from 43.8
Prime instructional time 72.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.8 to 1 Down from 17.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Up from 3.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.0 Up from 19.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 5

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.