Class Environment

District of Calhoun County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 82 Down from 92
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.0 Up from 68.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $61,936 Up from $57,206
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.3 Down from 97.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.0 Up from 87.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.5 Up from 5.4
Prime instructional time 86.5 Down from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.1 to 1 Up from 18.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 0.0 Down from 10.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 0 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 47.2 Up from 36.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 17 Up from 14
Percent of inexperienced teachers 2.6 Down from 9.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 32.5 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 38 Up from 37
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.