Class Environment

District of Kershaw County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 690 Up from 684
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.5 Down from 64.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $54,637 Up from $54,350
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.1 Up from 99.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Down from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.1 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 9.4 Up from 0.7
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Down from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 15.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 23 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 11 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 1 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 9.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 14 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 21.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 150 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.9 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 104 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.