Class Environment

James B. Edwards Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.7 Down from 51.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.7 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $64,829 Up from $59,406
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Down from 86
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.6 Down from 85.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.3 Down from 91.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.8 to 1 Down from 24.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.4 Down from 26.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 34.7 Up from 28.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Up from 13
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.