Class Environment

Belvedere Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Up from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.1 Down from 60.5
Teacher attendance rate 97.0 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $61,105 Up from $58,892
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 95.1 Up from 82.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Up from 80.5
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 16.2 to 1 Down from 17.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.0 Up from 10
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.9 Down from 12.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 No change

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.