Class Environment

Paul Knox Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38.0 Up from 36.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 52.8
Teacher attendance rate 98.9 Up from 96.9
Average teacher salary $50,363 Down from $50,837
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.1 Down from 86.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.2 Up from 91.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.9 to 1 Up from 26.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.