Class Environment

Berkeley Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 Down from 42.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 37.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.2 Down from 47.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $48,372 Down from $48,851
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 64.9 Down from 73.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.9 Down from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.8 Up from 77.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.4 Down from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Down from 20.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.3 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 4
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.