Class Environment

Fork Shoals School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 No change
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $50,288 Up from $50,083
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.8 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.7 Up from 89.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Up from 85.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.7 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 Up from 27.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 9
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.