Class Environment

North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Up from 38.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 68.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $50,056 Up from $48,286
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.0 Down from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 76.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.8 Up from 79.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.8 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Down from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.5 Down from 21.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 4
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.