Class Environment

Skyland Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Up from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.2 Down from 57.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $53,641 Down from $55,186
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.5 Down from 90.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Down from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 94.5 Down from 96.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 71.4 Up from 9.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Up 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.