Class Environment

James Island Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 Up from 31.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.7 Up from 64.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,674 Up from $52,773
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.4 Up from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 96.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.5 Down from 88.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Down from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.