Class Environment

William S. Sandel Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 84.0 Up from 79.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $60,619 Up from $57,445
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Up from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Up from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.0 Up from 2.9
Prime instructional time 87.8 Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.0 to 1 Down from 23.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 15.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 37.5 Up from 28.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Up from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.