Class Environment

Flowertown Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.1 Down from 59.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $49,177 Up from $48,615
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.7 Down from 82.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.9 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Down from 85.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.3 Down from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.6 to 1 Up from 19.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 25.6 Up from 19
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.1 Up from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1

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.