Class Environment

Chester Park Elementary School Of Inquiry


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.9 Down from 67.9
Teacher attendance rate 91.4 Up from 90.9
Average teacher salary $56,935 Up from $55,269
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.9 Down from 85.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.6 Down from 85.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.8 Up from 81.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.0 Down from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.0 Up from 7.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 2
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.