Class Environment

Northwest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.8 No change
Teacher attendance rate 96.5 Up from 92.0
Average teacher salary $52,182 Up from $50,802
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.2 Down from 94.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 97.0 Up from 89.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.3 Up from 92.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 Up from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.7 to 1 Down from 21.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.0 Up from 5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.