Class Environment

Southside Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 70 Up from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.6 Down from 61.0
Average teacher salary $50,350 Down from $50,452
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 51.4 Down from 57.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 81.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.5 Up from 7.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.