Class Environment

Northwestern High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 105 Down from 110
Teacher attendance rate 95.5 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,536 Up from $53,536
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.0 Up from 77.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Down from 84.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.0 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 34.1 Up from 15
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6.8 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 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.