Class Environment

South Carolina Connections Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 167.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.9 Down from 69.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $43,295 Up from $42,115
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.6 Down from 91.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 95.4 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 94.9 Up from 93.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.1 Up from 95.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2.2 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 8.8 Up from 4.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 8 Up from 4

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.