Class Environment

South Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 74 Up from 66
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.5 Up from 59.1
Teacher attendance rate 90.4 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $64,429 Up from $62,651
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.0 Up from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Up from 80.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.4 Down from 6.1
Prime instructional time 73.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.7 to 1 Up from 27.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 75.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 3.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.8 Up from 1.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.4 Down from 18.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down from 19

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.