Class Environment

Buist Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.3 Up from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $54,365 Up from $51,681
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.5 Up from 90.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.8 Down from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.1 Down from 92.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.3 Down from 94.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.4 to 1 Down from 25.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.3 Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.