Class Environment

Polaris Tech Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 38.7 N/A
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 No change
Average teacher salary $51,533 Down from $53,374
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.3 Down from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 67.0 Up from 64.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 22.6 Up from 5.9
Prime instructional time 85.5 Up from 81.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Down from 27.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 2.5 Down from 13
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 62.5 Up from 52.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 25 Up from 12
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.