Class Environment

Gold Hill Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60.0 Up from 58.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.3 Up from 62.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 96.8
Average teacher salary $50,324 Up from $49,146
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.3 Down from 82.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.6 Down from 87.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.3 Down from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.3 Down from 93.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.2 Down from 19.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 8
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.