Class Environment

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Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43.0 Up from 42.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.8 Down from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $49,613 Down from $51,459
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.1 Down from 76.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.7 Down from 91.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Down from 91.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.9 Up from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.3 to 1 Down from 20.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 19.2 Down from 27.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 8
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.