Class Environment

Fairforest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60 Down from 68
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.3 Up from 66.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 89.7
Average teacher salary $61,651 Up from $57,740
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.1 Down from 91.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.5 Down from 88.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 82.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.9 to 1 N/A
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 16.0 Down from 18.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.6 Down from 13.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.