Class Environment

James Island Charter High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 104 Up from 102
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.9 Up from 78.4
Teacher attendance rate 99.1 Up from 95.8
Average teacher salary $65,625 Down from $65,728
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.2 Down from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.0 Up from 89.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.7 Up from 89.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 93.9 Up from 92.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.0 to 1 Down from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.8 Down from 11.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 Down from 19.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 21
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.