Class Environment

James Island Charter High


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 102 Down from 106
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.4 Up from 75.4
Teacher attendance rate 91.9 Down from 99.7
Average teacher salary $61,415 Up from $56,995
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.9 Down from 92.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.2 Down from 92.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 0.9
Prime instructional time 85.4 Down from 96.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.4 to 1 Up from 29.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 20.0 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.