Class Environment

Waccamaw High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.6 Down from 79.6
Teacher attendance rate 91.1 Down from 92.0
Average teacher salary $61,074 Up from $55,417
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.6 Up from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Up from 84.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.5 Down from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.8 to 1 Up from 26.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.5 Down from 15.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.9 Up from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 6
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.