Class Environment

Northwestern High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 102 Down from 105
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.4 Up from 66.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $56,088 Up from $54,536
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Down from 88
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Down from 83.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Up from 85.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.5 to 1 Up from 30.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 25 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 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.