Class Environment

Fairfield Central High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54.0 Down from 61.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.3 Down from 68.9
Teacher attendance rate 96.2 Up from 95.5
Average teacher salary $51,579 Up from $50,756
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 57.4 Down from 63.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Down from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.6 Up from 79.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 90.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Down from 23.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 10.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.2 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.