Class Environment

Newberry High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51.0 Down from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $45,861 Up from $44,960
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 68.6 Up from 63.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.8 Up from 78.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.1 Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 23.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 10.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 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.