Class Environment

Westwood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 79 Down from 88
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.4 Down from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $57,136 Up from $55,319
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.7 Down from 98.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.4 Up from 67.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.7 Down from 76.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.1 Up from 81.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 38.0 to 1 Up from 35.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.4 Down from 26.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 26
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.2 Up from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Up from 8
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.