Class Environment

Union County High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 57.0 Up from 53.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.4 Down from 45.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $45,356 Up from $45,269
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 61.4 Down from 73.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.5 Down from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.6 Up from 77.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.5 Down from 3.8
Prime instructional time 84.8 Down from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.4 to 1 Down from 31.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.9 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 7.1
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.