Class Environment

Tall Pines Stem Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Up from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.2 Down from 54.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $52,814 Up from $52,042
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.7 Up from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.8 Down from 81.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.7 Down from 13.6
Prime instructional time 87.8 Down from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.9 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.0 Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.0 Down from 25
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.