Class Environment

Chester Park Elementary School Of Inquiry


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32.0 Down from 36.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 63.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $50,523 Up from $49,613
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.1 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Down from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.7 Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.5 Up from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Up from 19.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 23.5 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 3
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.