Class Environment

Blenheim Middle School Of Discovery


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.6 Up from 53.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 90.7
Average teacher salary $47,681 Up from $46,740
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 60.7 Down from 69.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 61.9 Up from 61.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 10.0
Prime instructional time 82.0 Up from 75.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Down from 23.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 32.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 66.7 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.