Class Environment

Buford High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.7 Down from 78.4
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Up from 90.0
Average teacher salary $63,760 Up from $59,696
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.4 Down from 94.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Down from 92.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.2 Up from 80.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.8 to 1 Down from 33.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 14.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.5 Up from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 1
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.