Class Environment

Sims Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50 Up from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.0 Down from 60.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $61,936 Up from $60,513
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.0 Down from 97.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 Up from 78.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.3 Up from 75.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 80.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.3 to 1 Down from 18.1 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 23.0 Up from 4.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.3 Down from 27.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Down from 17

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.