Class Environment

Chester Park Center Of Literacy Through Technology


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30.0 Down from 32.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.3 Down from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $43,997 Down from $44,813
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.7 Down from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.0 Up from 76.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.3 Down from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.4 to 1 Down from 23.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 25.0 Down from 41.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 7
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.