Class Environment

Strom Thurmond High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.6 Down from 60.2
Teacher attendance rate 98.0 Up from 96.5
Average teacher salary $53,252 Up from $51,932
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 89.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Up from 70
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.9 Down from 79.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.0 Down from 6.7
Prime instructional time 89.6 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.2 to 1 Up from 28.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.8 Down from 12.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 29.5 Up from 17.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 31 Up from 13
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.