Class Environment

Waccamaw High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 Down from 57.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 81.1 Up from 78.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $51,581 Up from $50,313
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.8 Down from 71.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Down from 96.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.7 Up from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Up from 23.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8.7 Down from 24.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.