Class Environment

District of Fairfield County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 255 Down from 256
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $55,696 Up from $55,153
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.4 Up from 89
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.5 Up from 84.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.6
Prime instructional time 90.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.6 Up from 6.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.9 Down from 2.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.