Class Environment

Alston Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Up from 41.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary $53,378 Up from $49,555
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 75.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.3 Down from 86.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 110.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.8 Down from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.9 to 1 Down from 26.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 31.4 Down from 39.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Down from 27
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 18.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.