Class Environment

Kelly Edwards Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27.0 Down from 28.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.3 Down from 67.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 88.9
Average teacher salary $46,239 Up from $45,747
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.2 Down from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 53.8 Down from 70.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 68.6 Down from 77.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.7 Up from 81.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.4 to 1 Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 4.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1
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.