Class Environment

Discovery School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 5 Down from 7
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Up from 44.4
Teacher attendance rate 86.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $52,127 Up from $46,440
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.3 Down from 69.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 78.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 18.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Down from 63.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.0 Down from 90.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 10
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.