Class Environment

Alexander Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Down from 63.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $55,965 Up from $52,840
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.2 Up from 52.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.5 Up from 61.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.5 Down from 84.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.7 to 1 Up from 15.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 41.4 Up from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.