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.