Class Environment

Waccamaw Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Up from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 79.2 Down from 81.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $56,220 Down from $56,483
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.7 Down from 77.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 90.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.2 to 1 Down from 35.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.7 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.