Class Environment

Spring Valley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 120.0 Down from 123.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.3 Down from 79.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.3
Average teacher salary $56,020 Down from $56,984
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 79.2 Down from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.4 Down from 92.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 87.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.5 to 1 Down from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.4 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.