Class Environment

Buford High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Up from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.1 Down from 77.4
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $57,831 Up from $56,519
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.2 Down from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.3 Up from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 33.1 to 1 Up from 30.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.7 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.