Class Environment

James B. Edwards Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Up from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.3 Down from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate 99.6 Up from 96.6
Average teacher salary $50,777 Up from $48,199
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.3 Up from 67.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Up from 65.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.0 Down from 81.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.2 Down from 95.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.7 to 1 Down from 25.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.6 Down from 21.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 6
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.