Class Environment

Kenneth Gardner Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 Down from 18
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.8 Down from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 96.3 Up from 89.7
Average teacher salary $48,962 Down from $49,581
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 37.5 Down from 72.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 64.6 Down from 76.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.3 Down from 11.1
Prime instructional time 88.2 Up from 78.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Down from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.5 Down from 23.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 66.7 Up from 33.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 14 Up from 7
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.