Class Environment

North Charleston Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 34
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.6 Up from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 97.2
Average teacher salary $60,323 Up from $52,953
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.5 Up from 70.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.6 Up from 72.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.4 Down from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Up from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.1 Down from 28
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 34.5 Down from 48
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 12
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.