Class Environment

Socastee Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54.0 Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.8 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $55,438 Down from $56,029
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.3 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.7 Up from 88.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.8 Up from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 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.