Class Environment

Northwestern High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 96 Up from 93
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.9 Up from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate 99.0 No change
Average teacher salary $61,575 Up from $58,748
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.9 Down from 98.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.4 Down from 83.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.1 Down from 83.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 93.1 Up from 92.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.7 to 1 Up from 31.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.8 Down from 10.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.2 Down from 15
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 17
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 16.7 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.