Class Environment

District of School District Of Newberry County


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 447 Down from 454
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 $50,433 Up from $49,791
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.0 Up from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Up from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.9 Up from 0.3
Prime instructional time 88.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.6 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.9 Down from 14.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 28 Down from 30
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.0 Up from 3.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 8 Up from 7

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.