Class Environment

Southside Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 67 Up from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.8 Down from 54.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 90.5
Average teacher salary $54,304 Up from $50,653
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.0 Up from 89.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.9 Down from 75.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.3 Down from 80.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Up from 83.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.2 to 1 Up from 17.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.0 Down from 27.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 Down from 19
Percent of out-of-field teachers 46.9 Up from 22.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 38 Up from 15
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.