Class Environment

Alexander Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Down from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.6 Down from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary $59,202 Up from $55,965
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.1 Down from 86.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.3 Up from 68.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.2
Prime instructional time 84.1 Down from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.9 to 1 Down from 18.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 31.4 Down from 41.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 No change
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.