Class Environment

West Ashley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 109 Up from 106
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.1 Down from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $71,717 Up from $64,578
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.1 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.6 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.9 Up from 76.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 74.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.8 to 1 Down from 33.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 2.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.5 Up from 15
Number of inexperienced teachers 23 Down from 24
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.8 Down from 6.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down from 10

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.