Class Environment

Castle Heights Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.0 Down from 69.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $58,423 Up from $58,299
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.3 Up from 67.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.4 Down from 80.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.8 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.4 to 1 Up from 25.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.7 Down from 12.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 28.9 Up from 19.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Up from 9
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.