Class Environment

Southwood Academy Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40.0 Up from 33.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.5 Down from 69.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $49,490 Up from $47,706
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.5 Up from 78.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.0 Up from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Down from 90.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.6 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.