Class Environment

Carolina Forest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68.0 Up from 64.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.3 Up from 54.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $50,120 Up from $48,979
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.8 Up from 79.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.0 Down from 90.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.0 Up from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Up from 15.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9 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.