Class Environment

District of Aiken County Public School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1546 Down from 1601
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,701 Up from $54,433
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.9 Down from 91
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.0 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.8 Up from 0.7
Prime instructional time 86.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.4 Up from 13
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 114 Up from 96
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.7 Up from 1.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 17 Up from 10

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.