Class Environment

West Ashley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 107.0 Down from 111.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.2 Down from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 N/A
Average teacher salary $51,122 Up from $50,864
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.2 Up from 79.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.2 to 1 Down from 33.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 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.