Class Environment

Kenneth Gardner Leadership Academy


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Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Up from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 30.4 Up from 27.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $50,474 Up from $50,271
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 56.5 Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.6 Down from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.4 Up from 63.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.8 Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.3 to 1 Down from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 Down from 100
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 61.5 Down from 63
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.3 Down from 55.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 15

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.