Class Environment

West View Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.6 Down from 58.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $51,553 Up from $50,331
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.0 Up from 75.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.4 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Down from 84.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Down from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.2 to 1 Down from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.1 Down from 29.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 10
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.