Class Environment

Bluffton High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 77 Down from 86
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.1 Up from 68.6
Teacher attendance rate 98.9 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $66,974 Up from $58,406
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.4 Up from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.0 Down from 85.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 91.9 Up from 82.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.7 to 1 Down from 31.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.1 Down from 15.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 Up from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 2
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.