Class Environment

Richard Carroll Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.1 Down from 57.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary $53,579 Up from $52,865
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Down from 97.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 68.8 Down from 86.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.4 Down from 91.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 20.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.4 Up from 11.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.6 Down from 7.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.