Class Environment

District of Horry County Schools


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 3117 Up from 3113
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 74.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.1 Down from 66.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 83.1
Average teacher salary $58,560 Up from $55,453
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.4 Down from 99.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.1 Down from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.7 Down from 93.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 2.4
Prime instructional time 87.8 Up from 75.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.3 to 1 Up from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 17.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 129 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 2 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 1 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 8.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 60 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 26.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 42 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 13 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 1 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 13.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 22 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 545 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.5 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 210 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.