Class Environment

Saluda Trail Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60 Up from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.0 Down from 68.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $54,188 Down from $54,891
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.3 Up from 97.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.2 Down from 84.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.3 Down from 79.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 1.7
Prime instructional time 87.3 Down from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 Down from 35.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 14 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.