Class Environment

Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.9 Up from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $67,297 Up from $60,756
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.0 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Down from 82.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.4
Prime instructional time 91.1 Up from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Down from 25.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.5 Down from 18.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.4 Down from 22.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 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.