Class Environment

Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 66 Down from 72
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.8 Up from 70.8
Teacher attendance rate 85.9 Down from 90.6
Average teacher salary $65,084 Up from $59,818
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.5 Down from 88
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.8 Down from 86.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 77.3 Down from 81.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.2 to 1 Down from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 1.1 Down from 5.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.9 Down from 17.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 3 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.