Class Environment

Minnie B. Kennedy Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.9 Down from 53.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $54,834 Up from $53,609
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.0 Down from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 86.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.7 Up from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.0 to 1 Down from 31.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.