Class Environment

District Comparison of
Chester County York 4/Fort Mill


Classroom Environment

Our Districts Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers
Chester County School District 379.0 Down from 384.0
York 4/Fort Mill 1066.0 Up from 995.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification
Chester County School District N/AV N/A
York 4/Fort Mill N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees
Chester County School District 57.3 Down from 57.6
York 4/Fort Mill 66.7 Up from 65.9
Teacher attendance rate
Chester County School District 94.0 Up from 93.4
York 4/Fort Mill 94.0 Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary
Chester County School District $49,309 Up from $49,019
York 4/Fort Mill $52,102 Up from $51,055
Percent of teachers on continuing contract
Chester County School District 73.4 Down from 80.5
York 4/Fort Mill 79.0 Down from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year
Chester County School District 82.4 Down from 85.8
York 4/Fort Mill 88.4 Down from 89.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average
Chester County School District 85.4 Down from 86.8
York 4/Fort Mill 89.4 Down from 91.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks
Chester County School District 1.8 N/A
York 4/Fort Mill 0.1 N/A
Prime instructional time
Chester County School District 86.8 Down from 87.0
York 4/Fort Mill 89.6 Down from 91.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects
Chester County School District 21.9 to 1 Down from 25.4 to 1
York 4/Fort Mill 23.3 to 1 Up from 22.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Chester County School District 18.0 Up from 0
York 4/Fort Mill 16.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Chester County School District 30 Up from 0
York 4/Fort Mill 99 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Chester County School District 3.6 Up from 0
York 4/Fort Mill 2.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Chester County School District 6 Up from 0
York 4/Fort Mill 12 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.