Class Environment

Gaffney High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 75 Down from 89
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.0 Down from 76.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 90.8
Average teacher salary $60,315 Up from $57,920
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.6 Up from 73.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.5 Down from 80.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Up from 84.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.4 to 1 Down from 32.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 10.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.4 Up from 20
Number of out-of-field teachers 32 Up from 27
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.