Class Environment

Paul Knox Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.7 Down from 52.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary $55,182 Up from $52,855
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.5 Up from 84.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.5 Up from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.9 Down from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.1 to 1 Up from 13.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 29.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.