Class Environment

Aiken Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Down from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.3 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary $62,724 Up from $59,410
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.4 Down from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.2 Down from 76.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Up from 2.8
Prime instructional time 84.8 Down from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.8 to 1 Up from 19.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.7 Up from 12.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.8 Up from 6.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.