Class Environment

Dewey L. Carter Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.4 Down from 64.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $58,313 Up from $54,029
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.1 Down from 88.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.5 Down from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Down from 89.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Up from 15.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.6 Up from 7.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 0
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.