Class Environment

Blythewood Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47 Down from 51
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.6 Down from 62.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $53,103 Up from $52,592
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.0 Down from 78.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.5 Down from 81.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.7 to 1 Down from 26.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.0 Down from 38.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Down from 20
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.