Class Environment

Kenneth Gardner Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18 Down from 20
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Down from 64.3
Teacher attendance rate 89.7 Up from 83.1
Average teacher salary $49,581 Down from $51,530
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.2 Down from 84.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.2 Up from 72.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 11.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 78.3 Up from 72.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.1 to 1 Up from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 33.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 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.