Class Environment

Busbee Creative Arts Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.3 Down from 66.1
Teacher attendance rate 100.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,738 Up from $51,340
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.9 Down from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.9 Down from 82.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 92.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Up from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.3 Up from 22.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.3 Up from 9.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 3
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.