Class Environment

Chester High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Up from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate 90.8 Down from 100.0
Average teacher salary $53,350 Up from $51,573
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Up from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.2 Up from 2.1
Prime instructional time 78.6 Down from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.2 to 1 Down from 26.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.