Class Environment

South Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 78.0 Up from 77.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.1 Up from 62.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 96.3
Average teacher salary $53,840 Down from $53,862
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.5 Down from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 78.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Up from 79.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.1 Down from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.2 to 1 Up from 26.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.2 Down from 16.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.0 Up from 2.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 No change

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.