Class Environment

Cowpens Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 28.6 Down from 39.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 97.5
Average teacher salary $43,206 Down from $46,782
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.0 Down from 78.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.1 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.7 Down from 77.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.2 Up from 92.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.8 to 1 Up from 19.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 21.4 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 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.