Class Environment

Sterling School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.8 Up from 63.5
Teacher attendance rate 91.2 Down from 92.6
Average teacher salary $53,003 Up from $50,650
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.5 Up from 82.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 74.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.0 Down from 81.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.9
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 30.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 66.7 Up from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 9
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.