Class Environment

E.B. Ellington Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30.0 Down from 34.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Up from 38.2
Teacher attendance rate 97.4 Up from 93.1
Average teacher salary $45,270 Up from $43,594
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 60.0 Up from 41.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.0 Down from 72.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 67.6 Up from 66.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 92.5 Down from 92.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.3 to 1 Up from 15.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 50.0 Down from 58.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Down from 14
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.