Class Environment

Blacksburg High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.3 Down from 62.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $57,936 Up from $55,234
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.7 Up from 86.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.6 Up from 88.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 80.5 Down from 81.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.9 to 1 Up from 24.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 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.