Class Environment

Merriwether Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Up from 44
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Down from 45.5
Teacher attendance rate 96.2 Up from 95.7
Average teacher salary $59,658 Up from $57,342
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.9 Up from 88.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Down from 85.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.7 Up from 79.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.1 Down from 11.4
Prime instructional time 89.9 Up from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.6 to 1 Up from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 100
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 29.6 Up from 25.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Up from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.8 Down from 17
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 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.