Class Environment

Dutchman Creek Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 59.0 Up from 58.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.6 Up from 69.0
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $53,955 Up from $51,864
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 67.8 Up from 63.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Down from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.1 Up from 83.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.5 Down from 90.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.3 to 1 Down from 27.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 Down from 30.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.