Class Environment

Socastee High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 96.0 Up from 95.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.9 Up from 72.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $56,222 Down from $57,035
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.5 Up from 85.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.7 Down from 92.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.8 Up from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.2 to 1 Up from 27.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.5 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.