Class Environment

Fairforest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Up from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.8 Up from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 93.0
Average teacher salary $53,258 Up from $52,740
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.6 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.5 Down from 85.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.6 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.5 to 1 Down from 19.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 35.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 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.