Class Environment

Waccamaw High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.0 Up from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $62,994 Down from $63,069
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.9 Down from 98
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.5 Down from 89.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 9.5 to 1 Down from 26.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.0 Up from 6.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.9 Down from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 No change

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.