Class Environment

Burke High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.2 Down from 70.4
Teacher attendance rate 96.4 Up from 94.3
Average teacher salary $62,609 Up from $58,034
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.5 Up from 60.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.7 Down from 72.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.4 Up from 77.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Down from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.0 Down from 30
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.6 Down from 50
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 20
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.