Class Environment

Batesburg-Leesville Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34.0 Up from 33.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 41.2 Down from 45.5
Teacher attendance rate 89.9 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $47,878 Up from $45,825
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.3 Up from 78.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.9 Up from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Up from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.9 Down from 90.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Up from 15.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Down from 26.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 6
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.