Class Environment

District of Spartanburg School District One


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 351 Down from 357
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 66.7 N/A
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,372 Up from $54,153
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.9 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.0 Up from 90.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 6.4
Prime instructional time 87.7 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.7 Up from 10.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 27 Up from 21
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.6 Up from 2
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7 Up from 4

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.