Class Environment

Delmae Heights Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46.0 Up from 45.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.6 Up from 57.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 N/A
Average teacher salary $49,064 Up from $47,418
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.3 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Down from 88.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.2 Up from 62.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Up from 21.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 15
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down 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.