Class Environment

Bridges Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 90 Up from 75
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.2 Up from 50.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.0 Up from 90.6
Average teacher salary $59,240 Up from $57,392
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.8 Up from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Up from 78.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Up from 73.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.6 Up from 4.0
Prime instructional time 83.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.4 to 1 Up from 24.2 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 23.1 Up from 11.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 21 Up from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.6 Up from 16.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 16 Up from 14

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.