Class Environment

Waterway Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40.0 Down from 42.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.0 Down from 59.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $50,317 Down from $51,060
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.0 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.6 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.