Class Environment

Robert Smalls International Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63 Down from 66
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.2 Down from 57.3
Teacher attendance rate 90.3 Down from 92.1
Average teacher salary $52,308 Up from $50,562
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.6 Down from 98.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.4 Down from 78.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.8 Up from 77.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.7 Down from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.8 to 1 Down from 18.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 44.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 23 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.