Class Environment

R.P. Dawkins Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60 Down from 61
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.0 Down from 70.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 94.3
Average teacher salary $56,525 Up from $53,579
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Down from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Down from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 10.0 to 1 Down from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 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.