Class Environment
District of Berkeley County School District
Classroom Environment
Our District | Change from Last Year | |
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Total Number of Teachers | 2047 | Down from 2247 |
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification | 35.6 | Down from 43.6 |
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 57.2 | Up from 56.8 |
Teacher attendance rate | 92.7 | Up from 92.5 |
Average teacher salary | $58,021 | Up from $55,455 |
Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 99.2 | Down from 99.3 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 84.3 | Up from 80.6 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 85.0 | Down from 86.5 |
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 3.4 | Up from 2.2 |
Prime instructional time | 85.4 | Up from 83.9 |
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 27.3 to 1 | Up from 24.7 to 1 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 15.5 | Down from 23.4 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 11 | Down from 227 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 10 | Down from 13 |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 5 | Down from 6 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 8.5 | Up from 7.3 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 6 | Down from 71 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 11.8 | Down from 22.9 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 16 | Down from 33 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 0 | Down from 10 |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 0 | Down from 1 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 28.7 | Up from 14.6 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 39 | Up from 21 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers | 18.6 | Down from 23.7 |
Number of inexperienced teachers | 448 | Down from 596 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers | 14.2 | Up from 8.2 |
Number of out-of-field teachers | 342 | Up from 205 |
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.