Class Environment

Cherryvale Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 Up from 22.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.8 Down from 72.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 93.9
Average teacher salary $50,820 Down from $51,650
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 64.7 Down from 72.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.0 Up from 73.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.7 Down from 77.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 13.6
Prime instructional time 86.4 Down from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 30.8 Up from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 2
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.