Class Environment

Drayton Hall Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Up from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.5 Up from 58.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $74,622 Up from $66,445
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.1 Up from 81.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.6 to 1 Down from 26.2 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 8.1 Down from 11.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.4 Down from 25.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 9

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.