Class Environment

District of Jasper County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 169 Up from 161
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 96.4 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,460 Down from $54,728
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.3 Down from 75.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.0 Down from 80.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.6 Down from 3.7
Prime instructional time 94.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.2 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.1 Up from 3.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.7 Up from 1.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 Up from 1

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.