Class Environment

St. James Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Down from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $55,666 Up from $55,556
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.2 Down from 82.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.4 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.1 Down from 90.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 Up from 2.0
Prime instructional time 90.0 Up from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 Up from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.6 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.