Class Environment

District of Horry County Schools


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 3113 Up from 3061
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 N/A
Teacher attendance rate 83.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $55,453 Down from $55,942
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.4 Up from 93.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 93.2 Up from 92.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 75.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.8 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.9 Up from 10.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 245 Up from 152
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.2 Up from 0.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 17 Up from 11

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.