Class Environment

Belvedere Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Up from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.9 Down from 68.3
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary $53,617 Down from $54,444
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Down from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.8 Down from 91.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.9 Up from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Up from 14.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 40.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.