Class Environment
Sterling School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 52.0 | Up from 48.0 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 63.5 | Up from 52.1 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 92.6 | Up from 89.4 |
| Average teacher salary | $50,650 | Down from $52,153 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 82.7 | Down from 83.3 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 74.4 | N/A |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 81.5 | Down from 86.2 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 1.9 | Up from 0.0 |
| Prime instructional time | 89.0 | Up from 86.0 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 30.5 to 1 | Up from 21.4 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 23.7 | 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.