Class Environment

Kinard Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.5 Up from 46.0
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $55,814 Up from $53,180
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Up from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.2 Up from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.8 Down from 46.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.4 Down from 3.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 No change
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.