Class Environment

Belvedere Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.5 Up from 54.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 96.4
Average teacher salary $58,892 Up from $55,276
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.6 Up from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.5 Down from 84.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.3 to 1 Down from 20.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.0 Down from 36.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.5 Up from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.