Class Environment

Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 70 Up from 66
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.3 Down from 75.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 85.9
Average teacher salary $67,701 Up from $65,084
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.2 Up from 79.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Up from 82.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.4 Down from 4.5
Prime instructional time 80.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.6 to 1 Up from 28.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 75.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 3.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.4 Up from 1.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.1 Down from 16.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 15

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.