Class Environment

James Simons Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24.0 Down from 26.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.2 Up from 53.8
Teacher attendance rate 97.2 N/A
Average teacher salary $48,326 Down from $48,496
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 54.2 Down from 73.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 65.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.3 Down from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.2 Up from 4.0
Prime instructional time 96.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.9 to 1 Up from 19.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 35.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6 N/A

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.