Class Environment

Fairfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.2 Up from 67.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $48,685 Down from $49,100
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 65.4 Up from 59.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Up from 77.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 89.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.9 to 1 Down from 15.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.