Class Environment

High Point Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 86 Down from 87
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 39.5 Up from 39.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $49,489 Up from $46,597
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.2 Down from 90.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.3 Up from 68.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.2 Down from 79.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.3 No change
Prime instructional time 88.2 Up from 85.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.2 to 1 Down from 21.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.5 Down from 21.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 Up from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.4 Down from 24.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Up from 19
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 14.3 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.