Class Environment

Discovery School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 7 Up from 5
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Up from 86.0
Average teacher salary $50,616 Down from $52,127
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 33.3 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 55.6 Down from 68.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 Up from 78.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.6 to 1 Down from 19.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.1 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 45.5 Up from 40
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 100.0 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.