Class Environment

Tall Pines Stem Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 12.0 Up from 9.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Up from 33.3
Teacher attendance rate 97.8 Down from 98.1
Average teacher salary $49,649 Up from $48,432
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.7 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Up from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 94.3 Down from 94.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Down from 24.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 2

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.