Class Environment

Chester Park Elementary School Of Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Up from 41.4
Teacher attendance rate 87.2 Down from 93.2
Average teacher salary $53,694 Up from $52,745
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 63.9 Down from 70.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 77.1 Down from 84.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.3 Up from 3.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
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.