Class Environment

St. Matthews K-8 School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.2 Up from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $61,368 Up from $56,950
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.5 Down from 93.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.2 Up from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.5 Down from 85.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 19.2 Up from 6.5
Prime instructional time 86.5 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.8 to 1 Up from 16.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.0 Down from 10.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 47.2 Up from 36.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Up from 14
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.