Class Environment

Alston Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 59 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 41.9 Down from 43.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $49,555 Up from $49,064
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.4 Down from 93.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.6 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.0 to 1 Down from 26.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 39.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 27 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 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.