Class Environment

Whale Branch Early College High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Up from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.3 Down from 74.6
Teacher attendance rate 89.3 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $56,786 Up from $56,677
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.6 Down from 97.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.7 Up from 71
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.3 Down from 78.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 74.6 Down from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Down from 25.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 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.