Class Environment

District of Clover School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 605 Up from 604
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.6 Up from 66.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $59,732 Up from $57,436
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.3 Up from 85.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Down from 90.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.5 Up from 87.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Down from 24.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 8.5 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 20 Down from 88
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 1 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 13.6 Up from 3.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 32 Up from 24
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 0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 0 No change
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 12.5 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 78 Down from 88
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.4 Up from 3.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 59 Up from 24
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.