Class Environment

Polaris Tech Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Down from 24
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.2 Down from 58.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary $53,861 Up from $52,665
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 52.6 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.9 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.7 Up from 4.2
Prime instructional time 84.3 Down from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.2 to 1 Up from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 41.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.