Class Environment

Paul Knox Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Down from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.6 Down from 48.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 92.9
Average teacher salary $57,913 Up from $55,182
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Down from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Down from 5.3
Prime instructional time 85.1 Down from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.5 to 1 Up from 15.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.3 Down from 29.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 23.1 Up from 9.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 4
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.