Class Environment

Chester High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.3 Up from 65.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Up from 90.2
Average teacher salary $48,632 Down from $48,909
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 67.3 Down from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.4 Down from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Down from 82.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.7 Up from 82.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.7 to 1 Down from 25.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 Down from 12.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 Up from 3
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.