Class Environment

Blythewood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 121 Up from 119
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.9 Down from 79.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 92.7
Average teacher salary $61,223 Up from $58,685
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Up from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.9 Down from 85.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Up from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.1 to 1 Down from 32.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.9 Down from 9.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.0 Down from 5.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 9
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.