Class Environment

Bridges Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 75 Up from 74
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.7 Up from 43.2
Teacher attendance rate 90.6 Down from 92.8
Average teacher salary $57,392 Up from $55,549
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Up from 89.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.3 Up from 71
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.6 Down from 75.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Down from 9.5
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 24.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.9 Down from 12.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.7 Down from 34.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 14 Down from 29
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 42.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 3 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.