Class Environment

Boiling Springs Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68.0 Up from 65.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.9 Down from 55.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 No change
Average teacher salary $48,862 Up from $46,476
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.9 Up from 75.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Up from 81.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.1 Up from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.2 Down from 88.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.7 to 1 Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 21.6 Down from 22
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.4 Down from 7.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3

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.