Class Environment

Saluda Trail Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 60
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.1 Down from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.5 Down from 93.7
Average teacher salary $55,852 Up from $54,188
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.8 Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.3 Down from 73.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.1 Down from 75.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.3 Up from 3.3
Prime instructional time 84.2 Down from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.8 Down from 20.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 39.2 Up from 24.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Up from 14
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.