Class Environment
Dawkins Middle School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 58 | Down from 60 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 77.6 | Up from 70.0 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 90.9 | Down from 94.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $60,147 | Up from $56,525 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | Up from 98.3 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 91.7 | Up from 85.7 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 89.1 | Up from 83.6 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 1.7 | Up from 0.0 |
| Prime instructional time | 83.5 | Down from 87.2 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.7 to 1 | Up from 10.0 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 8.3 | Down from 13.8 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 5 | Down from 8 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 13.3 | Up from 10.3 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 8 | Up from 6 |
| 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.