Class Environment

Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Up from 42.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.4 Down from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 97.0 Up from 90.3
Average teacher salary $53,867 Up from $53,075
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.2 Down from 88.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.6 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.7 Down from 88.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.8 Up from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Up from 20.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.7 Down from 14.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 4
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.