Class Environment

Fairforest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68 Down from 69
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.7 Up from 62.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $54,406 Up from $52,314
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Down from 90.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.3 Down from 88.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.2 Down from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.4 to 1 Up from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.9 Down from 32.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.9 Down from 19.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Down from 13
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.