Class Environment

Hughes Academy Of Science And Technology


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63.0 Up from 61.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Down from 65.6
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $50,257 Up from $48,568
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.8 Up from 65.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Up from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.4 Up from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.6 No change
Prime instructional time -855.8 Up from 87.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.3 to 1 Up from 24.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 66.7 Up from 41
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 2.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.