Class Environment

Saluda Trail Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 58.0 Up from 55.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.0 Up from 67.3
Teacher attendance rate 96.3 No change
Average teacher salary $51,668 Down from $51,740
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.4 Down from 78.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Down from 88.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.3 Down from 91.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Down from 24.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 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.