Class Environment

York Preparatory Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 96 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.0 Up from 43.6
Average teacher salary $47,981 Up from $44,471
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 65.6 Up from 52.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Up from 73.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.4 Down from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.0 Up from 0.0
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.8 Down from 18.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.1 Up from 2.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.