Class Environment

Spring Valley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 108 Down from 113
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.2 Down from 77.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $61,337 Up from $58,161
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.8 Down from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.9 Down from 89.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.9 Up from 0.9
Prime instructional time 85.8 Up from 84.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.3 to 1 Up from 31.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.5 Down from 8.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.4 Down from 6.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 11
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.