Class Environment

Devon Forest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56.0 Up from 55.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 58.2
Teacher attendance rate 89.8 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $49,249 Up from $48,365
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.0 Down from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.3 Down from 89.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Down from 88.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.8 Down from 89.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.0 to 1 Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.1 Down from 21.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 9.7 Up from 6.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3 Up from 2

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.