Class Environment

Spartanburg Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40.0 Up from 33.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 35.0 Up from 33.3
Teacher attendance rate 97.1 Up from 94.7
Average teacher salary $41,937 Up from $39,316
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 57.5 Up from 45.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.3 Up from 70.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.5 Up from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.7 to 1 Down from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 44.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 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.