Class Environment

Fairfield Central High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 62
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 81.6 Up from 71.0
Teacher attendance rate 97.5 Down from 98.0
Average teacher salary $57,206 Down from $57,281
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.6 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.3 Down from 88.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.8 Down from 90.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.1 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.0 Down from 24.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 18
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.7 Up from 12.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.