Class Environment

District of Williamsburg County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 153 Up from 130
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 69.0 Up from 30.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 49.7 Down from 53.1
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 94.3
Average teacher salary $51,428 Up from $49,913
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.6 Down from 77.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.6 Up from 61.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.2 Up from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 22.9 Down from 23.8
Prime instructional time 86.9 Up from 85.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.4 to 1 Up from 21.3 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 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 0 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 4.9 Down from 8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 2 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 25 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 26.8 Down from 48
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 11 Down from 12
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.8 Down from 7.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 44.0 Down from 54.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 111 Down from 118
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.