Class Environment

Whale Branch Early College High School


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Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.7 Up from 72.2
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary $74,086 Up from $69,783
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Down from 93.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.0 Up from 74.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 73.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Down from 37.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 2.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.3 Up from 3.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.8 Down from 5.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 3

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.