Class Environment

Alice Drive Elementary (Sumter School Distrcit)


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Down from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 65.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary $58,060 Up from $54,493
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.2 Up from 73.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Down from 88.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Up from 18.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.4 Up from 10.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 Up from 34.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 13
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.