Class Environment

Brennen Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60.0 Up from 55.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.0 Down from 69.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $52,015 Down from $52,551
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.0 Down from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.2 Down from 92.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.1 Up from 89.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.6 Up from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Up from 20.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.6 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.