Class Environment

Harbison West Elementary School Gifted And Talent Development Mag


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Up from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $62,010 Up from $61,234
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.0 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.5 Up from 82.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 3.9 to 1 Down from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.0 Up from 7.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 Down from 5.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 Down from 3

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.