Class Environment

Springfield Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.2 Down from 52.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Up from 90.4
Average teacher salary $51,244 Up from $48,758
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.7 Down from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.2 Down from 80.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 94.4 Up from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.3 to 1 Up from 19.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 21.7 Down from 30.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 10
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.