Class Environment

Whale Branch Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Up from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Up from 58.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 100.0
Average teacher salary $66,737 Down from $67,791
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.4 Up from 91.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Up from 64.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.9 Up from 75.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.8 Down from 91.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.3 to 1 Down from 16.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.7 Down from 13.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 43.6 Up from 40.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Up from 15
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.