Class Environment
Strom Thurmond High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 48.0 | Down from 49.0 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 56.3 | Down from 61.2 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 96.7 | Down from 97.0 |
| Average teacher salary | $48,350 | Up from $48,050 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 77.1 | Down from 81.6 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 83.7 | N/A |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 83.8 | Up from 78.6 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 91.4 | Down from 94.5 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 24.3 to 1 | Down from 25.1 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.