Class Environment

Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Up from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.3 Up from 52.9
Teacher attendance rate 97.5 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $69,167 Up from $61,907
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 Up from 78
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.8 Down from 80.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.6 Up from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.7 to 1 Up from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.3 Down from 13.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 23.7 Down from 24.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.