Class Environment

District of Allendale County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 60 Down from 74
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.7 Up from 52.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $58,072 Up from $52,683
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 64.6 Down from 91.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.9 Down from 80.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.7 Up from 4.1
Prime instructional time 83.2 Down from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.4 to 1 Up from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 0 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 2.0 Down from 21.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 2 Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 14 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 1 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 6.9 Down from 10.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 7 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.3 Down from 15.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.4 Down from 16.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 Up from 13
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.