Class Environment

North Charleston High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 71 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.2 Up from 56.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 90.6
Average teacher salary $65,293 Up from $58,904
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.3 Up from 84.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.9 Up from 59.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 60.3 Down from 62.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.2 Down from 8.5
Prime instructional time 77.5 Up from 73.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.0 to 1 Down from 29.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.6 Down from 13.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.5 Down from 32.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 16 Down from 28
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 27.3 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.