Class Environment

Nation Ford High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 112 Down from 120
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.7 Up from 74.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $60,303 Up from $58,495
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.4 Up from 78.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Up from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.8 Down from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.3 to 1 Down from 35.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.9 Down from 18.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.6 Up from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 14 Up from 12
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 12.5 Down from 33.3
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.