Class Environment

Mary Ford Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 Down from 30.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.1 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $53,414 Down from $53,801
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.1 Up from 56.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.2 Up from 53.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 57.3 Down from 63.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 10.0
Prime instructional time 85.8 Down from 95.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Up from 15.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 21.4 Up from 17.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.