Class Environment

Cyril B. Busbee Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Up from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.9 Down from 50.7
Teacher attendance rate 89.5 Down from 99.4
Average teacher salary $53,570 Up from $52,633
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.5 Up from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 15.2 Up from 7.1
Prime instructional time 81.7 Down from 91.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.1 to 1 Up from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 43.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.