Class Environment

Starr Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35.0 Up from 34.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.9 Up from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary $48,923 Up from $47,290
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.6 Down from 91.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.2 Down from 90.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.0 Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Up from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.5 Down from 29.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 7
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.