Class Environment

Buist Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.3 Up from 72.8
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $61,023 Up from $56,527
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.4 Down from 97.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 57.6 Down from 69.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.2 Down from 79.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.5 Down from 91.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Up from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 32.4 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.