Class Environment

St. Helena Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Up from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $69,262 Up from $66,452
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Up from 96.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 96.9 Up from 76
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.8 Up from 72.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.1 to 1 Up from 12.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.0 Down from 35.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Down from 10
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.