Class Environment

Westwood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 78 Down from 79
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.5 Down from 73.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $59,125 Up from $57,136
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.2 Down from 98.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.8 Up from 69.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.0 Down from 73.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.9 Down from 85.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 36.7 to 1 Down from 38.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.7 Down from 8.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.8 Up from 9.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Up from 12
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.