Class Environment

Northwestern High School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 83 Down from 96
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.1 Down from 72.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Down from 99.0
Average teacher salary $71,621 Up from $61,575
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Up from 79.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.1 Up from 81.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.2 Up from 1.0
Prime instructional time 81.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.5 to 1 Down from 32.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 40.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 2.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.3 Up from 7.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.8 Down from 5.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 6

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.