Class Environment

William S. Sandel Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Up from 25
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 92.3 Up from 84.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 94.7
Average teacher salary $66,936 Up from $60,619
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.8 Up from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Down from 81.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.8 Down from 12.0
Prime instructional time 87.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.8 to 1 Down from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.5 Up from 6.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.3 Down from 37.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 12

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.