Class Environment

Kenneth Gardner Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24.0 Down from 28.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.8 Down from 53.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 99.9
Average teacher salary $47,962 Down from $49,202
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 50.0 Up from 35.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 61.5 Up from 54.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 63.1 Down from 71.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.3 Up from 7.1
Prime instructional time 90.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Up from 5.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change
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.