Class Environment

District of Greenwood School District 52


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 93 Down from 104
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.8 Down from 56.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $51,561 Up from $51,241
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Up from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.8 Up from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 90.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.3 to 1 Up from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 26 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 26 N/A
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.