Class Environment

District of Spartanburg School District Four


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 162 Down from 168
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 55.6 Up from 48.3
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.8 Down from 65.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $58,938 Up from $56,289
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.1 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.0 Down from 90.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 Up from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.6 to 1 Down from 27.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A 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 18.8 Up from 17.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 39 Down from 40
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.0 Up from 11.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 31 Up from 26
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.