Class Environment

Delmae Heights Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56 Up from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.1 Up from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $55,144 Up from $51,306
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.6 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 80.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Down from 87.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 5.4 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.6 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.6 Up from 7.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.