Class Environment

Blacksburg Primary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 19 Down from 23
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 93.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.4 Up from 47.4
Teacher attendance rate 86.6 Down from 97.5
Average teacher salary $55,150 Up from $52,179
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.7 Up from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.7 Up from 90.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 77.9 Down from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 2.3 to 1 Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.0 Up from 8
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.7 Down from 28
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down 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.