Class Environment

Chapman High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Up from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 95.2
Average teacher salary $50,223 Down from $51,645
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.1 Down from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.4 Up from 86.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.9 Up from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.0 Up from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 Down from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 29.6 Down from 31.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.4 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.