Class Environment
Sumter School District/ Sumter High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 97 | Down from 113 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 70.1 | Up from 68.1 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 93.9 | Down from 98.6 |
| Average teacher salary | $59,757 | Up from $56,448 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 97.9 | Up from 96.5 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 83.8 | Down from 84.9 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 87.1 | Down from 87.7 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 8.2 | Up from 5.3 |
| Prime instructional time | 83.1 | Down from 87.0 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 36.3 to 1 | N/A |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 7.9 | Down from 23.6 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 11 | Down from 34 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 23.7 | Down from 29.2 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 33 | Down from 42 |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 11.1 | Down from 20 |
| Number of inexperienced school leaders | 1 | 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.