Class Environment

Sandlapper Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Down from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 90.6 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $52,267 Up from $51,877
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.4 Up from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.2 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Up from 78.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.5 Down from 90.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Up from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.