Class Environment

Independence Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Up from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.5 Down from 44.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 97.9
Average teacher salary $64,708 Up from $57,274
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.9 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.0 Up from 84.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 85.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Up from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.6 Up from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.3 Down from 15
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 6

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.