Class Environment

Sullivan's Island Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36.0 Down from 37.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.0 Up from 73.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $55,650 Up from $53,898
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 78.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.8 Down from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 85.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.9 Up from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.3 to 1 Down from 21.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 Down from 10
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 2
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.