Class Environment

Irmo High School International School For The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 77 Down from 103
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.6 Up from 71.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary $62,442 Up from $61,288
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.7 Up from 98.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.4 Down from 94.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.0 Down from 83.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.9 Up from 2.9
Prime instructional time 84.9 Up from 83.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.2 to 1 Down from 31.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.3 Down from 21.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 20
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.1 Down from 16.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Down from 15
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 20.0 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.