Class Environment

Waccamaw Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55.0 Down from 57.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.9 Up from 70.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 No change
Average teacher salary $53,271 Up from $51,091
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.9 Up from 87.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.0 Down from 92.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.0 Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.3 to 1 Down from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8.6 Down from 28.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 11
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.