Class Environment

Swansea High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55.0 Down from 56.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.4 Up from 55.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 93.9
Average teacher salary $48,122 Up from $46,902
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.1 Up from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Up from 75.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.4 Down from 77.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.5 Down from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.9 to 1 Down from 31.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 29.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 4.2
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.