Class Environment

Summerville High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 162 Down from 163
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.7 Down from 62.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $54,571 Up from $54,121
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.1 Down from 88.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Up from 85.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.8 Down from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.8 to 1 Down from 35.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 58 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 27 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 9.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.