Class Environment

Charleston School Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63 Down from 64
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.8 Up from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $79,889 Up from $70,530
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.7 Down from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.2 Down from 89.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.0 Up from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.8 to 1 Up from 29.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.8 Up from 6.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.8 Up from 9.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Down from 11

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.