Class Environment

James Simons Montessori


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Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Up from 23
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 83.3 Down from 87.0
Teacher attendance rate 98.9 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $83,585 Up from $77,530
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.3 Up from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.0 Up from 81.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 93.0 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.4 to 1 Down from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Up from 11.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.3 Down from 26.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 7

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.