Class Environment

Fort Dorchester High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 130.0 Up from 124.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Up from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 91.5 Up from 90.9
Average teacher salary $49,257 Up from $49,084
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.5 Down from 75.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Up from 86.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.4 Up from 83.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.3 to 1 Down from 28.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.3 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.