Class Environment

Charleston Development Academy Public Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 13 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.2 Up from 45.9
Teacher attendance rate 99.1 Down from 99.9
Average teacher salary $45,731 Down from $46,769
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.3 Up from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.5 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.6 Down from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 96.0 Up from 95.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 12.6 to 1 Down from 25.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.3 Down from 18.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 Down from 56.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 9
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.