Class Environment

Charleston Progressive Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27.0 Down from 29.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.3 Up from 58.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 N/A
Average teacher salary $50,383 Up from $49,827
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.9 Up from 65.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.7 Down from 89.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.3 to 1 Up from 15.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 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.