Class Environment

District of Greenwood County School District 52


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 79 Down from 88
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.8 Down from 48.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $56,111 Up from $54,778
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.3 Down from 88.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.7 Up from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.4 Down from 7.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.6 Down from 22.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 28 Down from 29
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.