Class Environment

South Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 70 Down from 77
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.9 Up from 59.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $58,612 Up from $56,821
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.1 Down from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.9 Down from 87.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.3 Up from 3.9
Prime instructional time 86.5 Up from 84.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.8 to 1 Up from 28.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.2 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.7 Up from 5.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

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.