Class Environment

District of Dorchester 4


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 176.0 No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.8 No change
Teacher attendance rate 92.0 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $50,320 Up from $49,090
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 60.8 Down from 65.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Down from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.7 Down from 84.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 86.4 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.1 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.8 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.