Class Environment

St. James-Santee Elementary Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 17 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.7 Down from 70.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $74,288 Up from $68,509
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 78.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.8 Down from 78.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.8 Down from 90.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.0 to 1 Down from 18.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.3 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.7 Down from 30.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 7
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.