Class Environment

Buford Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.2 Down from 54.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,189 Up from $53,265
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.4 Up from 95.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.0 Down from 82.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Down from 91.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 84.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.7 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.4 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.