Class Environment

South Florence High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 88 Down from 91
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.1 Down from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $58,137 Up from $54,718
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.5 Down from 95.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.0 Up from 75.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.7 Down from 79.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.5 to 1 Down from 32.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.7 Down from 18.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Down from 26
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.6 Down from 33.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 27 Down from 47
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 28.6 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.