Class Environment

Robert Smalls Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 62 Up from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Up from 56.6
Teacher attendance rate 90.8 Up from 88.4
Average teacher salary $66,779 Up from $64,427
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.4 Up from 98.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.9 Up from 57.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.7 Up from 69.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.8 Up from 82.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.5 Down from 35.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 20
Percent of out-of-field teachers 28.6 Down from 29.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 Up from 17
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.