Class Environment

District of Horry County


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 2857 Down from 3117
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 79.1 Up from 74.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.0 Up from 66.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $62,764 Up from $58,560
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.5 Up from 99.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.8 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.9 Up from 3.3
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.9 to 1 Down from 27.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 9.2 Down from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 11 Down from 129
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 8 Up from 2
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 4 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 2.5 Down from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 3 Down from 60
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 15.0 Down from 26.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 22 Down from 42
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 0 Down from 13
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 7.5 Down from 13.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 11 Down from 22
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.5 Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 447 Down from 545
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.9 Down from 7.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 152 Down from 210
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.