Class Environment

Saluda Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 32.0 Down from 40.0
Teacher attendance rate 90.6 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $40,722 Down from $46,285
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.0 Up from 48.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.9 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 69.5 Down from 76.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.1 Down from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.6 to 1 Down from 18.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 71.4 Up from 55.6
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.