Class Environment

Youth Leadership Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 19 Up from 17
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.4 Up from 64.7
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $52,535 Up from $52,075
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.5 Up from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Down from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.6 Down from 89.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 23.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.8 Down from 28.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4
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.