Class Environment

Satchel Ford Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.9 Up from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $62,292 Up from $56,810
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.4 Down from 81.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 20.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.1 Down from 17.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.5 Up from 19.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 8
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.