Class Environment

Waccamaw High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 77.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 91.1
Average teacher salary $63,069 Up from $61,074
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 98.0 Up from 89.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.8 Up from 86.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 8.2
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 85.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.4 to 1 Down from 26.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.5 Down from 8.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.1 Down from 16.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.