Class Environment

Mt. Zion Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18.0 Up from 16.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Up from 56.3
Teacher attendance rate 87.0 Down from 95.7
Average teacher salary $51,466 Up from $48,796
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.8 Up from 68.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 64.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.2 Up from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 81.0 Down from 95.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.8 to 1 Down from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 35.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 5
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.