Class Environment

Sterling School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Down from 74.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Down from 92.9
Average teacher salary $62,337 Up from $60,669
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.7 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.3 Down from 87.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.7
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.7 to 1 Up from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.9 Down from 7.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.9 Up from 3.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 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.