Class Environment

Fork Shoals School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Up from 43.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 Down from 46.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 91.6
Average teacher salary $50,083 Up from $49,738
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.8 Down from 81.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.4 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 87.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Down from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 27.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.