Class Environment

Aiken Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49.0 Down from 51.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.2 Down from 62.7
Teacher attendance rate 97.6 Down from 99.3
Average teacher salary $53,493 Up from $51,557
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.8 Up from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.0 Up from 88.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Up from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.8 Down from 94.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.4 Down from 10.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.