Class Environment

Boulder Bluff Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43.0 Down from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.8 Up from 54.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $50,550 Up from $47,821
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.1 Up from 60.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.9 Down from 87.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.5 Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.7 Down from 90.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.7 to 1 Down from 21.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 30
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.7 Up from 3.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1

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.