Class Environment

Columbia High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47 Up from 46
Teacher attendance rate 96.9 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,174 Down from $55,565
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Up from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.1 N/A
Prime instructional time 85.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.2 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 21.1 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.