Class Environment

James H. Spann Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 65.6
Teacher attendance rate 91.9 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $57,895 Up from $56,659
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.1 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.9 Down from 84.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.3 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 22.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.3 Up from 18.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 Down from 4.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 Down from 2
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.