Class Environment

Southside High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55.0 Up from 53.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.2 Down from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate 86.6 Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary $51,687 Up from $51,226
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 63.6 Up from 58.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 Up from 71.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.9 Up from 77.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.9
Prime instructional time 77.8 Down from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.8 to 1 Up from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 80.0 Up from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 3.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.