Class Environment

District of Aiken County Public Schools


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1502 Down from 1546
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.8 Up from 58.7
Teacher attendance rate 91.5 Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary $56,166 Up from $54,701
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.6 Down from 99.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.0 Down from 87.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.0 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.1 Up from 0.8
Prime instructional time 83.7 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 18.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 67 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 11 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 6.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 24 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 24.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 30 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 20 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 9.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 12 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 327 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 126 N/A
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.