Class Environment

Strom Thurmond High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.9 Up from 54.6
Teacher attendance rate 97.7 Down from 98.0
Average teacher salary $57,377 Up from $53,252
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.5 Up from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Up from 76.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Down from 3.0
Prime instructional time 90.2 Up from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.0 to 1 Down from 31.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.2 Down from 4.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.8 Down from 29.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 16 Down from 31
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.