Class Environment

Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.0 Up from 61.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $63,210 Up from $57,042
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.7 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.6 Up from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.3 Up from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.2 to 1 Up from 10.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.3 Down from 25.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 Up from 41.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

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.