Class Environment

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 7 Down from 9
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 N/A
Average teacher salary $45,167 Up from $38,556
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.7 Up from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 57.1 Up from 50
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 54.8 Down from 60.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 21.4 N/A
Prime instructional time 89.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.1 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 58.8 Down from 75
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.