Class Environment

Springfield Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.4 Down from 69.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $57,672 Up from $56,775
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Up from 76.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.2 Up from 81.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.8 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.7 to 1 Down from 25.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.5 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Up from 2
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
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.