Class Environment

District of The School District Of Greenville County


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 5032 Down from 5049
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,595 Up from $54,066
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 89.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.4 Up from 88.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.1 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.6 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.3 Up from 15.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 390 Down from 421
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.5 Up from 0.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 33 Up from 12

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.