Class Environment

Satchel Ford Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52.0 Up from 51.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Up from 62.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $50,942 Up from $50,382
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.3 Up from 86.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 93.7 Up from 93.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.2 Up from 90.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Up from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 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.