Class Environment

Summerville High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 145 Down from 162
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.7 Down from 61.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.0 Down from 92.1
Average teacher salary $55,575 Up from $54,571
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.2 Up from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 86.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.1 Up from 82.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 34.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.2 Down from 26.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 22 Down from 58
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.4 Up from 12.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 44 Up from 27
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 20.0 Up from 9.1
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.