Class Environment

Catawba Trail Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 Down from 46.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.5 Down from 58.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Up from 93.9
Average teacher salary $49,339 Up from $47,597
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 72.7 Up from 63.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.6 Down from 90.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.4 Down from 85.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.2
Prime instructional time 90.8 Up from 90.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 Down from 34.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 9
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.