Class Environment

Whale Branch Early College High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.4 Up from 70.3
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $66,806 Up from $56,786
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.6 Up from 94.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 56.7 Down from 72.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 66.8 Down from 74.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 5.4
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.0 to 1 Up from 24.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.5 Down from 26.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.0 Up from 13.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Up from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.