Class Environment

Barnwell Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 Down from 30.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.2 Up from 46.7
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 91.9
Average teacher salary $46,051 Up from $45,373
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.1 Down from 70.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 58.3 Down from 70.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 65.4 Down from 66.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.8 Up from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.3 to 1 Up from 17.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.1 Down from 40
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 8
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.