Class Environment

Clearwater Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.2 Up from 46.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 93.3
Average teacher salary $59,779 Up from $55,813
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.7 Down from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Up from 64.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.7 Down from 77.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.5 Up from 3.6
Prime instructional time 85.9 Up from 85.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.8 Down from 8.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.4 Down from 17.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 No change
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.