Class Environment

Youth Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 10.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.0 Up from 10.0
Teacher attendance rate 98.8 Down from 99.4
Average teacher salary $44,132 Up from $38,687
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.0 Up from 70.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.3 Down from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 10.0 No change
Prime instructional time 94.1 Down from 94.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 25.0 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.