Class Environment

Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Up from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $47,099 Up from $44,952
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 60.7 Down from 64.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 Up from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.8 Down from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 10.7
Prime instructional time 89.0 Down from 89.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 26.7 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6.7 Up from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.