Class Environment

Blenheim Middle School Of Discovery


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.0 Down from 53.6
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary $53,089 Up from $47,681
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.0 Up from 60.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 64.5 Up from 61.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 16.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 80.2 Down from 82.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 32.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.6 Up from 27
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Up from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 66.7
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 2

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.