Class Environment

James Island Charter High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 102 Down from 104
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 79.4 Up from 78.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 99.1
Average teacher salary $65,284 Down from $65,625
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Up from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.3 Up from 93
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.8 Up from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.3 to 1 Up from 29.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.3 Up from 0.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.4 Up from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 Up 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.