Class Environment

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 45
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 N/A
Average teacher salary $50,899 Up from $49,800
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.3 Down from 72.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.3 Down from 76.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.9 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 61.1 Up from 48.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11 Down from 15
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.