Class Environment

District of Spartanburg School District Three


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 182 Down from 184
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.3 Down from 63.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $54,244 Up from $53,550
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 99.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.0 Down from 93.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.3 Up from 86.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 92.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.8 to 1 Up from 19.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 59 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 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.