Class Environment

Charleston Progressive Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 21.0 Down from 27.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Up from 59.3
Teacher attendance rate 97.0 Up from 95.8
Average teacher salary $51,845 Up from $50,383
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.4 Down from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.5 Down from 84.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.8 Down from 88.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.7 Down from 95.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 16.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 23.1 Up from 15.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.