Class Environment

Waccamaw High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Up from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 79.6 Up from 79.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.0 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $55,417 Up from $54,755
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Down from 88.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Down from 89.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.5 to 1 Up from 25.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 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.