Class Environment

Carolina Forest High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 130 Down from 137
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.9 Up from 75.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary $68,153 Up from $64,445
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.0 Up from 90.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.8 Down from 91.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.8 Down from 2.2
Prime instructional time 87.9 Up from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.6 to 1 Down from 35.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.3 Down from 13
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 24
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.9 Up from 2.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.