Yuma Union High School District retains staff at high percentage

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - The Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) continues to keep its staff in-house at historic rates.

The local high school district kept 87.9% of their certified staff, and 86.9% of their teachers.

This is the third consecutive year of the district maintaining a historic teacher-retention rate.

They explain how keeping staff helps their students.

"I think when students see teachers returning, it's a moral boost again that we can't even really quantify, but it's just something that's so important that continuity in education, whether it comes to classroom management, system knowledge or just moral," said YUHSD Chief Communications Officer Eric Patten.

The district believes a number of factors could have contributed to this retention number.

This includes a 47% increase in salary since 2017, along with the "Credentialing and Retaining Educators Program."