Class Environment

Waterway Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43.0 Up from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.2 Down from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Up from 95.3
Average teacher salary $51,355 Up from $50,317
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.4 Down from 85.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 97.3 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.8 Up from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.3 Down from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.9 to 1 Up from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 Down from 12.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.