Class Environment

Wateree Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.4 Up from 46.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $58,788 Up from $55,286
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.4 Down from 97.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.0 Down from 88.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.7
Prime instructional time 87.9 Up from 85.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Down from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.4 Down from 15.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.4 Down from 41.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 No change
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.