Class Environment

Briggs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39.0 Down from 44.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 63.6
Teacher attendance rate 96.0 Down from 96.7
Average teacher salary $52,494 Up from $51,941
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.6 Down from 93.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.1 Up from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Down from 92.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.1 to 1 Up from 13.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4.3 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.