Class Environment

Sumter High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 99 Up from 98
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 69.4
Teacher attendance rate 96.7 Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary $65,150 Up from $62,924
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.5 Up from 90.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Up from 86.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Down from 4.1
Prime instructional time 80.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 33.7 to 1 Down from 35.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 14.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.8 Up from 3.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.9 Down from 12
Number of out-of-field teachers 16 Down from 17

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.