Class Environment

Wade Hampton High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 84 Down from 92
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.1 Down from 71.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $57,893 Up from $55,779
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.8 Up from 79.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.4 Up from 81.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.4 Down from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 12.3 to 1 Down from 35.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.2 Down from 29.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 21 Down from 34
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 Up from 3.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 Up from 1

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.