Class Environment

Spartanburg High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 116 Down from 124
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.9 Up from 74.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 93.5
Average teacher salary $57,755 Down from $59,656
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.5 Down from 86.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.3 Down from 89.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.4 Up from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 23.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.7 Down from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 36
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.0 Up from 21.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 43 Up from 33
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.