Class Environment

Irmo High School International School For The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 103 Up from 87
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.8 Up from 68.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 99.2
Average teacher salary $61,288 Up from $58,465
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.2 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Up from 80.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Down from 4.6
Prime instructional time 83.6 Down from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.1 to 1 Down from 31.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.5 Down from 27.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 20 Down from 26
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.1 Down from 28.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Down from 27
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 20
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.