Class Environment

South Florence High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 92.0 Up from 91.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.0 Down from 67.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $50,157 Down from $51,093
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 58.7 Down from 63.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.4 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.3 Up from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.3 to 1 Down from 26.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.9 Down from 8.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.6 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.