Class Environment

Kensington Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Down from 46.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.1 Down from 58.7
Teacher attendance rate 96.0 Up from 95.9
Average teacher salary $53,277 Up from $51,480
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.3 Down from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.1 Down from 88.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Down from 91.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.5 Down from 92.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.8 to 1 Up from 17.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.9 Up from 13.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Up from 4
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.