Class Environment

Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Up from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Down from 62.2
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $70,130 Up from $66,938
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.9 Up from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.5 Up from 82.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time -305.7 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.6 to 1 Up from 13.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.6 Down from 25.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.0 Down from 31.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Down from 11
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.