Class Environment

Dewey L. Carter Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.3 Up from 61.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $54,029 Up from $52,161
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.5 Down from 94
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.5 Up from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Up from 13.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.