Class Environment
District of Horry County School District
Classroom Environment
Our District | Change from Last Year | |
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Total Number of Teachers | 2452 | Down from 2857 |
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification | 52.4 | Down from 79.1 |
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 69.6 | Up from 67.0 |
Teacher attendance rate | 93.6 | Down from 93.7 |
Average teacher salary | $66,635 | Up from $62,764 |
Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 99.8 | Up from 99.5 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 92.1 | Up from 90.9 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 88.0 | Down from 88.8 |
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 1.9 | Down from 4.9 |
Prime instructional time | 87.3 | Up from 86.8 |
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 27.7 to 1 | Up from 25.9 to 1 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 3.4 | Down from 9.2 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 2 | Down from 11 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 12 | N/A |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 7 | N/A |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 5.1 | Up from 2.5 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 3 | No change |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 11.4 | Down from 15 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 13 | Down from 22 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 20 | N/A |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 1 | N/A |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 10.5 | Up from 7.5 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 12 | Up from 11 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers | 9.3 | Down from 14.5 |
Number of inexperienced teachers | 306 | Down from 447 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers | 4.9 | No change |
Number of out-of-field teachers | 162 | Up from 152 |
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.