Class Environment

Nation Ford High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 130.0 Up from 124.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.1 Up from 69.4
Teacher attendance rate 96.0 Up from 95.5
Average teacher salary $54,820 Up from $53,065
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.4 Up from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.5 Up from 87.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.7 Down from 88.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.7 Down from 95.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.2 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.0 Down from 14.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6.0 Down from 7.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 5

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.