Class Environment

James B. Edwards Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.2 Up from 39.8
Teacher attendance rate 96.2 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $59,406 Up from $54,550
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Up from 84.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.5 Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.9 Up from 90.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.6 to 1 Up from 24.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.7 Up from 21.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 28.9 Down from 47.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 Down from 20
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.