Class Environment

Dreher High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 72.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.6 Down from 76.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $52,446 Up from $51,691
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.9 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.3 Down from 86.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.8 Up from 83.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.4 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 87.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.2 to 1 Up from 24.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 23.3 Up from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.3 Down from 7.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3

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.