Class Environment

Sugar Creek Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 66.0 Up from 60.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.6 Down from 68.3
Teacher attendance rate 96.7 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $50,854 Down from $51,144
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.7 Down from 88.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.7 Down from 86.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.0 Down from 91.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.9 Down from 94.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Up from 19.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 Up from 7.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Up from 3
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.