Class Environment

Bates Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.6 Down from 63.2
Teacher attendance rate 84.5 N/A
Average teacher salary $49,171 Up from $48,435
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.0 Down from 97.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.2 Down from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Up from 80.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 27.3 N/A
Prime instructional time 92.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 51.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 24 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 36.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 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.