Class Environment

Fort Mill Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60.0 Up from 56.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.0 Down from 67.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $51,830 Up from $50,627
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Up from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.4 Down from 92.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Down from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 Up from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 2.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.