Class Environment

Charleston School Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 69 Down from 75
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.4 Down from 77.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $64,180 Up from $62,179
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.2 Up from 94.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.3 Up from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Down from 87.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.4 Up from 0.7
Prime instructional time 90.0 Up from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.1 to 1 Up from 28.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.3 Down from 21.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 31 Down from 68
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.0 Down from 27.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 49 Down from 87
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.