Class Environment

James Island Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.2 Down from 78.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 95.4
Average teacher salary $72,164 Up from $66,025
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Down from 83.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Up from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.4 to 1 Down from 26.8 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 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.5 Up from 7.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.5 Down from 24.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 10

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.