Class Environment

Grassy Pond Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 Down from 35.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.6 Down from 74.3
Teacher attendance rate 88.8 Down from 93.2
Average teacher salary $52,608 Up from $52,439
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.2 Up from 82.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.1 Down from 93.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.5 Down from 94.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.9 Down from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Up from 18.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 Up from 5
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.