Class Environment

Herbert A. Wood Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 65 Up from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.5 Up from 61.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $60,993 Up from $57,267
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.9 Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Up from 76.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.4 Up from 78.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.7
Prime instructional time 87.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Down from 26.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.6 Up from 15
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.3 Down from 8.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 5

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.