Class Environment
Fairfield Middle School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 34 | Down from 39 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 70.6 | Up from 54.2 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 98.1 | Up from 95.4 |
| Average teacher salary | $55,531 | Up from $55,482 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | Up from 98.1 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 91.7 | Up from 81.6 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 88.3 | Up from 84.6 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 2.9 | Down from 5.1 |
| Prime instructional time | 89.8 | Up from 88.3 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 14.0 to 1 | Up from 13.3 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 16.2 | Down from 25 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 6 | Down from 10 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 8.1 | Down from 10 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 3 | Down from 4 |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 50.0 | 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.