Class Environment

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.6 Down from 51.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $58,249 Up from $56,796
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.4 Up from 70.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.0
Prime instructional time 87.0 Up from 84.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Up from 15.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.8 Down from 38.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.7 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 0
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.