Class Environment

Carolina Springs Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 65.0 Up from 62.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Up from 51.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $50,898 Up from $50,535
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.2 Down from 72.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.1 Up from 83.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.2 Up from 82.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 89.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.3 to 1 Up from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Up from 15.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.