Class Environment

Blythewood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 127.0 Up from 119.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.0 Up from 72.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $55,637 Up from $55,466
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.5 Down from 84.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.2 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.9 Up from 88.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.9 Up from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.9 to 1 Up from 31.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4.8 Down from 15.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.4 Down from 4.3
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.