Class Environment

Saluda High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Up from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.3 Down from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary $48,753 Down from $49,285
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.6 Down from 90.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.1 Down from 84.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 85.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.8 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.3 to 1 Down from 29.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 Up from 4.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 8.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 2

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.