Class Environment

Saluda River Academy For The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.3 Up from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $58,474 Up from $56,191
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Up from 63
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.6 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.9 Down from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Up from 20.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.7 Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.7 Down from 16.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.