Class Environment

Battery Creek High School, Beaufort County School District


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60 Up from 58
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.0 Down from 69.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.9 Down from 95.9
Average teacher salary $55,518 Up from $52,065
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.0 Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.2 Down from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.3 Up from 77.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 78.0 Down from 82.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.1 to 1 Down from 29.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 29.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.