Class Environment

Northwest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47.0 Up from 46.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.3 Down from 56.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $44,663 Up from $41,868
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.2 Up from 52.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.4 Up from 73.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.7 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 Up from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 42.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14 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.