Class Environment

Sterling School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.5 Down from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $64,166 Up from $62,337
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.5 Down from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.2 Up from 86.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.0 Up from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Up from 19.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.9 Up from 5.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.6 Down from 3.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 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.