Class Environment

Belton Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Up from 25
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.5 Up from 61.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Up from 90.4
Average teacher salary $57,362 Up from $53,392
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.0 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.2 Up from 87.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.7 Up from 83.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.7 to 1 Down from 20.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.7 Down from 13.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.0 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

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.