Class Environment

Sandlapper Elementary Computer Science Immersion School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.6 Up from 74.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 93.9
Average teacher salary $62,230 Up from $58,813
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 81.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Down from 88.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.3
Prime instructional time 88.2 Down from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.0 Up from 4.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.0 Up from 4.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 2
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.