Class Environment

Ben Hazel Primary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 15 Down from 16
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 83.3 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.3 Down from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 90.6
Average teacher salary $55,345 Up from $53,584
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 68.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.3 Down from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 19.6 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 11.8 Up from 5.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 No change

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.