Class Environment

Edwards Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.7 Up from 62.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $55,496 Up from $52,641
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Up from 87.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.3 Down from 92.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.9 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.5 Up from 3.2
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.