Class Environment

Berkeley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 109.0 Up from 108.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.6 Up from 58.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary $52,387 Up from $51,322
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.7 Down from 71.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.4 Down from 90.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.8 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.1 Down from 84.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.6 to 1 Up from 27.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.0 Down from 20.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.5 Down from 6.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 4

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.