Class Environment

Palmetto Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.8 Down from 68.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 92.6
Average teacher salary $55,385 Up from $53,518
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.8 Down from 88
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.5 Down from 90.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.3 Down from 87.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.6 Down from 16.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.5 Up from 4.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 3
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.