Class Environment

Northwood Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.8 Down from 63.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Down from 93.5
Average teacher salary $57,437 Up from $55,802
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.7 Up from 79.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.5 Up from 76.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.2 to 1 Down from 28.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.6 Down from 22.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.8 Up from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change
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.