Class Environment

Whale Branch Early College High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Up from 34
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 N/A
Average teacher salary $56,677 Up from $53,715
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.0 Down from 79.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.5 Down from 79.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.8 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.4 Up from 9.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.