Class Environment

Charleston School Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 77.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 64.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $57,839 Up from $54,946
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.7 Down from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Up from 88.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Up from 88.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Down from 92.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.8 to 1 Up from 28.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 Down from 13.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.