Class Environment

James Island Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.8 Up from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 96.4
Average teacher salary $66,025 Up from $59,670
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.8 Up from 78.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.9 Up from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.8 to 1 Up from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.3 Down from 16.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.4 Down from 32.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.