Class Environment

District of Beaufort County Schools


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1663.0 Up from 1650.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 6.7 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.4 Up from 62.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 92.2
Average teacher salary $51,643 Up from $51,017
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 58.8 Down from 61.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.4 Up from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.4 Down from 86.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.8 N/A
Prime instructional time 87.2 Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.0 to 1 Down from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 103 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 25 Up from 0

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.