Class Environment

York Preparatory Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 94.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.6 Down from 46.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.9
Average teacher salary $44,471 Up from $44,398
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 52.1 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.2 Down from 75.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.8 Down from 76.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.3
Prime instructional time 90.4 Down from 95.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.5 to 1 Down from 28.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.9 Down from 23.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.7 Down from 6.5
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.