Class Environment

Westside High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 83 Down from 88
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.0 Up from 58.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $58,119 Up from $51,145
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.6 Down from 80.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.0 Down from 81.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.2 Down from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 36.1 to 1 Up from 35.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.2 Down from 38
Number of inexperienced teachers 23 Down from 41
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.1 Up from 4.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 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.