Class Environment

St James Intermediate School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50.0 Up from 48.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.0 Down from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $53,130 Up from $50,689
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.0 Down from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.3 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 9.9 to 1 Down from 22.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8.7 Down from 11.8
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.