Class Environment

Buist Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31.0 Up from 27.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Down from 70.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $51,681 Down from $53,043
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.3 Down from 96.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.2 Up from 90.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 94.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.6 to 1 Up from 25.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.