Class Environment

District of Horry County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
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 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.