Class Environment

Columbia High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.4 Down from 82.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $63,546 Up from $59,915
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 62.2 Down from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Down from 86.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.4 Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time 83.3 Up from 80.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 36.5 to 1 Up from 25.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.9 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.7 Up from 6.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 20.0 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.