Class Environment

Castle Heights Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56.0 Up from 54.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.9 Up from 64.8
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Down from 96.6
Average teacher salary $51,856 Down from $52,034
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.8 Down from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.6 Down from 87.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.4 Down from 91.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.