Class Environment

James Island Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35.0 Up from 34.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.7 Up from 64.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.5 Up from 95.1
Average teacher salary $54,692 Up from $54,674
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.0 Down from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Down from 96.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.1 Down from 88.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.0 Up from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.4 to 1 Down from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.6 Up from 5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Up from 1
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.