Class Environment

Philip Simmons Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25.0 Up from 23.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 73.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $50,220 Up from $48,432
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 60.0 Down from 69.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.2 Down from 90.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.4 Up from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Up from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Up from 8.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up 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.