Class Environment

South Florence High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 91 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Up from 50.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 95.1
Average teacher salary $54,718 Up from $49,101
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.6 Down from 96.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.5 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.5 Down from 81.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.2 to 1 Up from 29.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.3 Down from 29.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 26 Down from 38
Percent of out-of-field teachers 33.1 Up from 14.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 47 Up from 18
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 57.1 Up from 25
Number of inexperienced school leaders 4 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.