Class Environment

Aiken High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 72 Down from 76
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.8 Down from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 90.6 Down from 90.8
Average teacher salary $59,818 Up from $57,209
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.0 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.9 Up from 86.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 81.2 Up from 80.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.1 to 1 Down from 34.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.7 Down from 18.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.2 Up from 16
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 13
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 Up from 1

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.