Class Environment

Wateree Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.5 Down from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 97.4
Average teacher salary $55,286 Up from $54,999
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.4 Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Down from 93.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.1 Down from 90.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.4 to 1 Down from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.2 Down from 19.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 41.3 Up from 34
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 Up from 16
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.