Class Environment

State of SC


Classroom Environment

Our State Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53488 Up from 52733
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 48.1 Up from 37.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.9 Down from 61.0
Average teacher salary $52,210 Up from $49,737
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.6 Down from 74.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.7 Up from 91
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.8 Up from 91.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.3 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.2 Down from 13.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3009 Down from 3151
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.8 Down from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 445 Down from 548

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.