Class Environment

Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28.0 Up from 26.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 53.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $44,952 Down from $47,777
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 64.3 Down from 76.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 62.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.6 Down from 86.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 10.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.5 Up from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.6 to 1 Down from 24.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.6 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.