Class Environment

Whittemore Park Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Down from 60
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Down from 61.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $60,745 Up from $59,545
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.7 Down from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 84.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.7 Down from 15.0
Prime instructional time 87.0 Up from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.8 to 1 Down from 27.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.7 Down from 22.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.0 Down from 8.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 5
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.