Class Environment

Loris 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 57.9 Down from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $48,639 Down from $49,017
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.2 Up from 57.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.2 Up from 82.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.0 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.4 to 1 Up from 14.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 41.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17 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.