Class Environment

Buist Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.1 Down from 78.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $69,563 Up from $63,324
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Up from 74.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 69.9 Up from 67.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 Up from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.4 to 1 Down from 24.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.3 Down from 9.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.3 Down from 15.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 5
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.