Class Environment

District of Berkeley County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 2198.0 Up from 2162.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 56.3 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.6 Down from 57.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $50,327 Up from $49,172
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 65.3 Down from 70.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.9 Down from 88.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.8 Down from 89.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.7 N/A
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 145 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 51 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.