Class Environment

Cherokee County School District 1


Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 412 Down from 419
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 Up from 63.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.3 Down from 64.9
Teacher attendance rate 90.4 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.8 Up from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.2 Up from 88
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.8 Down from 87.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Down from 3.0
Prime instructional time 79.8 Down from 83.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 16.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools 50 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals 25.0 Up from 18.8
Number of inexperienced principals 4.0 Down from 18.8
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 43.5 Up from 41.7
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 10.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 25.0 Up from 21.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 24 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 7.3 Down from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 7 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.3 Down from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 93 Down from 121
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Down from 17.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 42 Down from 102
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.