Class Environment

Kenneth Gardner Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 20 Up from 16
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 35.0 Down from 43.8
Teacher attendance rate 97.0 Up from 96.3
Average teacher salary $48,193 Down from $48,962
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 50.0 Down from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.5 Up from 37.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 57.1 Down from 64.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 6.3
Prime instructional time 89.1 Up from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Down from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.2 Down from 9.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 54.2 Down from 66.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Down from 14
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.