Class Environment

South Pointe High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 91.0 Up from 88.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.6 Down from 68.2
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $50,803 Up from $50,584
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 64.8 Down from 70.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Down from 84.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 86.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.9 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 10.9 to 1 Down from 28.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 24.1 Down from 27.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 Down from 6.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3

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.