Class Environment

Charleston School Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 75 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.3 Up from 71.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Down from 91.9
Average teacher salary $62,179 Up from $59,325
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.0 Up from 93.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.6 Down from 92.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.4 Down from 89.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.8 Down from 87.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.7 to 1 Down from 28.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 68 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.7 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 87 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.