Class Environment

James B. Edwards Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Up from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.8 Up from 48.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 95.7
Average teacher salary $71,381 Up from $64,829
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.4 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Down from 82.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 91.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.7 to 1 Up from 23.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 2.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.9 Up from 18.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.2 Down from 34.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 17

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.