Class Environment

Burgess Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Down from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.5 Down from 57.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $51,271 Down from $52,762
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.9 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.9 Down from 90.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Up from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.