Class Environment

District of Florence One Schools


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1165 Up from 1155
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 N/A
Average teacher salary $50,814 Down from $51,214
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.7 Up from 85
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.2 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time 87.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.6 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.5 Up from 10.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 81 Up from 50
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.1 Up from 0.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 11 Up from 3

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.