Class Environment

Westcliffe Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Up from 21
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 36.4 Down from 45.1
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary $53,171 Down from $54,810
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 Up from 68.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.8 Up from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.3 Down from 90.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.9 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 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.