Class Environment

Foster Park Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 No change
Average teacher salary $52,011 Up from $47,126
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.9 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Down from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.0 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.