Class Environment

Sand Hill Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55 Down from 62
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Up from 39.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $50,223 Up from $48,971
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Up from 69.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.2 Down from 77.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Up from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.1 to 1 Down from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 32.2 Down from 32.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 19 Up from 18
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.7 Down from 1.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 No change
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.