Class Environment

Spring Valley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 119 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.5 Down from 78.1
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $57,426 Down from $59,000
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.0 Down from 90.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.5 Up from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.5 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.7 to 1 Up from 29.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 24 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.3 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.