Class Environment

Washington Center


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 Down from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.7 Up from 65.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Up from 84.8
Average teacher salary $57,328 Up from $54,994
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.0 Down from 87
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Down from 90.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 80.6 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Up from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.0 Up from 11.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 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.