Class Environment

Heartwood Community School


Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 10 Up from 6
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 25.0 Down from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Up from 33.3
Teacher attendance rate 96.5 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $66,112 Up from $56,583
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.0 Up from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 50.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 10.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 7.3 to 1 Down from 9.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 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 61.5 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers 61.5 Up from 40
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 2

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.