Class Environment

Joseph Shanklin Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Up from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.2 Up from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $66,938 Up from $57,637
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Down from 83.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.4 Down from 85.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.3 to 1 Down from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.7 Up from 21.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 31.4 Up from 27.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Up from 9
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.