Class Environment

Fairfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.7 Down from 73.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $61,741 Up from $55,172
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.4 Down from 88.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 Down from 86.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Up from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 19.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.0 Down from 13.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.0 Down from 18.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 7
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.