Class Environment
School Comparison of
Bells Elementary School Forest Hills Elementary School Hendersonville Elementary
Classroom Environment
| Our Schools | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 22.0 | Down from 23.0 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 43.0 | Down from 46.0 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 24.0 | Down from 28.0 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 63.6 | Down from 65.2 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 37.2 | Down from 39.1 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 58.3 | Up from 50.0 |
| Teacher attendance rate | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 94.4 | Down from 95.3 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 92.3 | Up from 92.1 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 95.4 | N/A |
| Average teacher salary | ||
| Bells Elementary School | $48,562 | Up from $48,048 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | $43,804 | Down from $44,001 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | $46,060 | Up from $45,369 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 86.4 | Up from 82.6 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 69.8 | Down from 73.9 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 70.8 | Down from 75.0 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 90.5 | N/A |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 79.1 | N/A |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 76.0 | N/A |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 85.0 | Up from 83.5 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 82.0 | Down from 86.4 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 79.7 | Down from 84.0 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 0.0 | No change |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 4.7 | Up from 0.0 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 89.1 | Down from 90.2 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 85.9 | Down from 86.6 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 89.4 | N/A |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 22.6 to 1 | Up from 19.5 to 1 |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 21.3 to 1 | Up from 20.8 to 1 |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 22.3 to 1 | Up from 22.2 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 7.1 | N/A |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 32.1 | N/A |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 12.5 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 1 | N/A |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 9 | N/A |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 2 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 0.0 | N/A |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 0.0 | N/A |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 0.0 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | ||
| Bells Elementary School | 0 | N/A |
| Forest Hills Elementary School | 0 | N/A |
| Hendersonville Elementary | 0 | N/A |
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.