Class Environment

Bridges Preparatory School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Up from 39.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 Down from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 96.7
Average teacher salary $43,601 Up from $40,917
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 66.7 Down from 74.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.4 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 66.7 Down from 71.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.5 Down from 92.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 21.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.