Class Environment

West Ashley High


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 112 Up from 109
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.6 Down from 58.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $56,633 Up from $53,557
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.2 Down from 99.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.6 Down from 85.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.1 Down from 81.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.8 No change
Prime instructional time 84.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.2 to 1 Down from 33.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 39 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.8 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.