Class Environment

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.0 Up from 48.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 Down from 91.7
Average teacher salary $49,760 Up from $49,508
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.0 Down from 88.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 93.2 Down from 93.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.3 Down from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 17.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.