Class Environment

Charleston Development Academy Public Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 10 Down from 13
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Up from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 99.3 Up from 99.1
Average teacher salary $44,414 Down from $45,731
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.7 Up from 61.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.8 Up from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 96.8 Up from 96.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.3 to 1 Up from 12.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.1 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.