Class Environment

Waccamaw Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 57.0 Up from 56.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.2 Up from 67.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $51,091 Down from $51,896
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.7 Up from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.1 Up from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.7 Up from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 18.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 28.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11 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.