Class Environment

Tall Pines Stem Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 Down from 23
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.1 Up from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $53,163 Up from $52,814
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.4 Down from 95.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.0 Up from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Up from 79.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.5 Down from 8.7
Prime instructional time 87.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.9 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.0 Up from 4
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.0 Up from 20
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 5

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.