Class Environment

Fort Dorchester High School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 108 Down from 113
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.3 Down from 62.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $63,193 Up from $58,048
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Down from 81.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Up from 81.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 79.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 36.9 to 1 Up from 36.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 16.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.4 Up from 15.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 30 Up from 23
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.2 Up from 7.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 12

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.