Class Environment
Fort Dorchester High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 111 | Down from 125 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 61.3 | Down from 61.6 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 91.1 | Down from 91.7 |
| Average teacher salary | $55,980 | Up from $54,512 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 81.9 | Up from 80.5 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 82.9 | Down from 85.3 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 2.7 | Up from 0.0 |
| Prime instructional time | 81.2 | Down from 82.6 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 34.0 to 1 | Up from 32.5 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 14.1 | Down from 20.4 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 22 | Down from 28 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 21.8 | Up from 7.3 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 34 | Up from 10 |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 12.5 | Up from 0 |
| Number of inexperienced school leaders | 1 | Up from 0 |
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.