Class Environment

Briggs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Up from 65.0
Average teacher salary $55,733 Up from $52,803
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.7 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.4 Down from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Down from 91.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 Down from 4.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.