Class Environment

Great Falls High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32.0 Up from 29.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.6 Up from 62.1
Teacher attendance rate 96.2 Down from 98.5
Average teacher salary $48,764 Up from $46,495
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.0 Down from 75.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Down from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Up from 78.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 6.9
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 92.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 17.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 Down from 29.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 Down from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 2

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.