Class Environment

Bridges Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 74 Down from 83
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.2 Up from 42.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $55,549 Up from $47,814
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.2 Up from 89.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.0 Down from 71.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.2 Down from 77.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 9.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 88.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.0 to 1 Down from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.9 Down from 30.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers 34.1 Up from 23.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 29 Up from 17
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 42.9 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 3 Up from 2

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.