Class Environment

Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 81.0 Up from 77.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Down from 66.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Up from 91.9
Average teacher salary $53,879 Up from $51,419
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 74.1 Down from 77.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.1 Down from 89.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.0 Down from 88.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.3
Prime instructional time 83.6 Up from 83.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.9 to 1 Down from 31.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.6 Up from 2.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.9 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.