Class Environment

Spartanburg County School District 4


Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 156 Up from 140
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 96.6 Up from 64.3
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Up from 62.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Up from 93.5
Average teacher salary N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.8 Up from 93.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.5 Up from 87.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.5 Up from 86.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.0 to 1 Down from 27.5 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 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 Down from 25
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 1
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 N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.3 Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 19 Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Down from 4.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 8
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.