Class Environment

Castle Heights Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 55
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.4 Up from 67.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $58,299 Up from $56,148
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.9 Down from 86
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.3 Down from 84.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.8 Down from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Down from 29.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 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.