Class Environment
Fort Dorchester High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 125 | No change |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 61.6 | Up from 58.5 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 91.7 | Down from 92.9 |
| Average teacher salary | $54,512 | Up from $53,611 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | Up from 99.2 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 80.5 | Down from 86.3 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 85.3 | Up from 83.2 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 82.6 | Down from 86.6 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 32.5 to 1 | Up from 32.1 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 20.4 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 28 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 7.3 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 10 | 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.