Class Environment

Burgess Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Down from 44.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Up from 54.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $51,610 Up from $51,271
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.7 Up from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.2 Up from 72.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.6 Down from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Up from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.3 Down from 12.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down 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.