Class Environment

St. James High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 93.0 Up from 88.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.7 Up from 64.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 94.7
Average teacher salary $55,170 Up from $54,515
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.7 Down from 84.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.9 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 93.9 Down from 94.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Up from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.9 to 1 Down from 30.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 N/A

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.