Class Environment

Phillip Simmons Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.4 Down from 57.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $56,375 Up from $51,492
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Down from 100
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 93.7 Down from 94.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 91.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Up from 20.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.1 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.