Class Environment

James Simons Montessori


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.9 Up from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Up from 91.9
Average teacher salary $58,562 Up from $54,434
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.3 Up from 79.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.7 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.5 to 1 Down from 29.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 35.7 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.