Class Environment
Whale Branch Middle School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 30 | Up from 29 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 56.7 | Down from 62.1 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 90.4 | Down from 93.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $53,463 | Up from $52,124 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 96.7 | Up from 96.6 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 66.7 | Down from 84 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 76.0 | Up from 72.3 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 3.3 | Down from 3.4 |
| Prime instructional time | 80.7 | Down from 86.1 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 17.9 to 1 | Down from 18.8 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 27.6 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 8 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 10.3 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 3 | N/A |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 33.3 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced school leaders | 1 | 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.