Class Environment

Bridges Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52.0 Up from 45.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.3 Down from 44.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $45,349 Up from $43,601
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 55.8 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 69.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.4 Up from 66.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.7 Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time 90.6 Up from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Up from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 Down from 20.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.0 Up from 3.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.