Class Environment

St. Matthews K8


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.7 Down from 70.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 No change
Average teacher salary $56,950 Up from $55,198
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.6 Down from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Down from 86.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.8 to 1 Up from 15.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.5 Down from 12.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 36.8 Up from 31.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 14 Up from 13
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.