Class Environment

Charleston Progressive Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 Down from 23
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 97.3 Down from 97.7
Average teacher salary $66,321 Up from $62,476
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.3 Down from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.7 Down from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.7 Down from 91.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 15.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Down from 27.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.7 Down from 27.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.