Class Environment
Bluffton High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 86 | Up from 84 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 68.6 | Up from 67.9 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 92.9 | Down from 95.4 |
| Average teacher salary | $58,406 | Up from $55,661 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 76.3 | Down from 89.2 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 85.3 | Down from 91.3 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 82.1 | Down from 87.4 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 31.4 to 1 | Up from 30.7 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 15.5 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 13 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 2.4 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 2 | 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.