Class Environment

Chicora Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.5 Down from 58.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 92.7
Average teacher salary $52,926 Up from $48,204
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.6 Down from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.2 Up from 71.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.5 Down from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.8 to 1 Up from 13.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.