Class Environment

Philip Simmons Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Up from 57.7
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $66,575 Up from $57,984
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Up from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Up from 79.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Up from 21.8 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 2.9 Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.7 Up from 11.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up 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.