Class Environment

District of Charleston County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 3651 Up from 3474
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 42.1 Up from 31.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,448 Down from $55,461
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.3 Up from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.7 Up from 85.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.5 Down from 0.8
Prime instructional time 88.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.4 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.5 Up from 10.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 264 Up from 181
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.6 Up from 2.2
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 61 Up from 36

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.