Class Environment

Sumter High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 98 Up from 97
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.4 Down from 70.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $62,924 Up from $59,757
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.1 Up from 83.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.3 Down from 87.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.1 Down from 8.2
Prime instructional time 84.0 Up from 83.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 35.1 to 1 Down from 36.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.5 Down from 7.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.0 Down from 23.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Down from 33
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.