Class Environment

The South Carolina Preparatory Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 9 Down from 23
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 N/A
Teacher attendance rate 99.1 Down from 99.8
Average teacher salary $50,278 Up from $49,767
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 39.1 Down from 58.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 66.0 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 39.1 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 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 0.0 Down from 13.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.0 Down from 27
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 10

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.