Class Environment

Carolina Park Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46.0 Up from 37.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 82.6 Up from 78.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 94.3
Average teacher salary $56,670 Up from $52,855
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.1 Down from 89.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.4 Up from 90.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Up from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 No change
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.