Class Environment

Bluffton High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 88 Up from 77
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.2 Down from 70.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 98.9
Average teacher salary $69,697 Up from $66,974
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 97.5 Up from 86.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.7 Up from 84.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.6
Prime instructional time 85.6 Down from 91.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.2 to 1 Up from 30.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.8 Down from 10.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.0 Down from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 40.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.