Class Environment

Southwood Academy Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.1 Down from 70.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $53,526 Down from $53,769
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.1 Down from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Up from 84.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.9 to 1 Down from 27.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.