Class Environment

Arcadia Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 Down from 54.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.8 Down from 53.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 96.5
Average teacher salary $47,097 Down from $47,238
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.6 Up from 74.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.6 Down from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.5 Up from 87.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.1 to 1 Up from 11.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 27.3 Down from 40.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.