Class Environment

St. James High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 96 Down from 103
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 79.1 Up from 75.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 96.3
Average teacher salary $60,402 Up from $57,611
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Down from 92
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.4 Down from 92.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.0 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 33.4 to 1 Up from 30.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 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.