Class Environment

John P. Thomas Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 19 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.7 Up from 67.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $60,349 Up from $58,045
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.6 Up from 72.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.5 Up from 76.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.2 Down from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.2 to 1 Up from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.4 Down from 28
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.2 Down from 32
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down 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.