Class Environment

Robert Smalls Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.6 Up from 47.2
Teacher attendance rate 88.4 Down from 90.3
Average teacher salary $64,427 Up from $52,308
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.1 Up from 93.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 57.9 Down from 70.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 69.1 Down from 78.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.8
Prime instructional time 82.0 Down from 82.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.6 to 1 Up from 17.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 35.1 Down from 44.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 20 Down from 23
Percent of out-of-field teachers 29.8 Up from 19.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Up from 10
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.