Class Environment

Springfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.7 Down from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $61,973 Up from $56,232
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Down from 86
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Up from 79.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Down from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.1 to 1 Up from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.2 Down from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 26.8 Down from 35.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down 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.