Class Environment

Dennis Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Up from 24
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Down from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.7 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $50,739 Down from $51,124
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.9 Up from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.3 Down from 96
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.5 Up from 86.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 8.3
Prime instructional time 84.7 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Down from 19.4 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 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers 37.0 Up from 30.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 8

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.