Class Environment

Polaris Tech Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 17 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.9 Up from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $53,374 Down from $53,861
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.4 Up from 78.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Up from 52.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 64.8 Down from 68.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.9 Down from 8.7
Prime instructional time 81.7 Down from 84.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.3 to 1 Up from 26.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.0 Down from 41.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 52.2 Up from 20.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Up from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.