Class Environment

W.C. Sullivan Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 58.0 Up from 56.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.7 Down from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 90.8 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $52,447 Down from $52,519
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 58.6 Down from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Down from 86.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.4 Down from 85.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.6 Down from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.7 to 1 Up from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.6 Down from 17.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Down from 41.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 12

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.