Class Environment

Williams Memorial Elementary School--Dorchester 4


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.5 Down from 62.2
Teacher attendance rate 91.3 Up from 90.0
Average teacher salary $56,136 Down from $56,215
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.4 Down from 92.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.2
Prime instructional time 83.1 Up from 82.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.1 to 1 Up from 17.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.0 Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.4 Down from 44.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 16
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.