Class Environment

District of SC School For The Deaf And The Blind


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 86 Down from 92
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.3 Down from 77.0
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.4 Down from 91.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.2 Down from 93.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
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 12.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 2 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 6.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 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.