Class Environment

Forest Hills Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42.0 Down from 43.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Up from 37.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $43,465 Down from $43,804
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 54.8 Down from 69.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 62.2 Down from 79.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.8 Down from 82.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.7
Prime instructional time 85.4 Down from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.4 to 1 Down from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 28.0 Down from 32.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Down from 9
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.