Class Environment

Seven Oaks Elementary School Media Magnet


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 57 Up from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.9 Down from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $55,960 Up from $52,391
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.1 Up from 69
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.5 Up from 80.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.8 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time 86.7 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.6 to 1 Down from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.4 Up from 27.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.2 Down from 5
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 2
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.