Class Environment

South Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 77.0 Down from 78.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.3 Down from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 96.3 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $53,862 Down from $54,574
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.4 Down from 73.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.3 Down from 82.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.6 to 1 Down from 28.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.