Class Environment

Columbia High


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Up from 63.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $67,425 Up from $66,536
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 93.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.8 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.9 Up from 77.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.8 N/A
Prime instructional time 76.2 Up from 73.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.8 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 2
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.6 Up from 21.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.5 Up from 11.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 7

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.