Class Environment

Charleston Progressive Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Up from 20
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.2 Up from 42.2
Teacher attendance rate 97.7 Up from 97.1
Average teacher salary $62,476 Up from $55,693
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 Up from 70
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.9 Up from 73.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.8 Up from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.2 to 1 Up from 14.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.8 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.8 Up from 23.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

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.