Class Environment

Briggs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40.0 Up from 39.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.0 Down from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary $52,803 Up from $52,494
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.5 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 90.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.8 Up from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 Up from 91.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 18.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 4.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.8 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.