Class Environment

Simpsonville Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Down from 48.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Up from 91.1
Average teacher salary $51,879 Down from $54,750
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.0 Down from 95.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.8 Down from 94.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.2 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Down from 23.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 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.