Class Environment

Emerald High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.5 Up from 68.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $60,411 Up from $55,707
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Down from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Up from 82.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.3 Up from 2.1
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 92.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.4 to 1 Up from 30.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.0 Down from 17.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.7 Down from 12.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.