Class Environment

Hilton Head Island Elementary School For The Creative Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.2 Down from 65.3
Teacher attendance rate 89.5 N/A
Average teacher salary $71,437 Up from $69,064
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.5 Down from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Down from 83.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.4 to 1 Up from 18.2 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 24.4 Up from 18.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Down from 9.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4

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.