Class Environment

Wade Hampton High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 93.0 Down from 94.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.2 Up from 71.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $50,684 Up from $49,209
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.8 Up from 79.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.6 Up from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.8 Up from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.4 to 1 Up from 31.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1.8 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.