Class Environment

Northwoods Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.0 Up from 42.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary $54,982 Up from $52,124
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.0 Up from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 47.2 Down from 63.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 65.3 Down from 78.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.7
Prime instructional time 82.1 Down from 83.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.4 to 1 Up from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.0 Down from 37.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 23
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.0 Up from 24.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.