Class Environment

Belle Hall Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Down from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.4 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $56,286 Up from $53,743
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 79.5 Down from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.1 Down from 95.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.6 Down from 91.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Down from 95.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.1 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.4 Down from 18.2
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.