Class Environment

Socastee Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 58.0 Up from 54.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.6 Down from 64.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $54,970 Down from $55,438
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 65.5 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Down from 91.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.5 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.1 Down from 90.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 22.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Down from 18.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 7
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.