Class Environment

Jefferson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39.0 Up from 37.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 41.0 Up from 40.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary $50,109 Up from $49,797
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 79.5 Down from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 90.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.4 Down from 94.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 18.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 15.0 Up from 10
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.