Class Environment

Whale Branch Early College High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Up from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.2 Down from 72.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $69,783 Up from $66,806
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.5 Up from 56.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.3 Up from 66.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 37.5 to 1 Up from 28.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.8 Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.8 Down from 25
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 12
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.