Class Environment

Duncan Elementary School Of The Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51.0 Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.9 Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 96.4
Average teacher salary $49,212 Down from $50,435
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.3 Down from 88.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.7 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.6 Down from 86.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 91.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.4 to 1 Up from 17.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.4 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.