Class Environment

Chicora Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Up from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.6 Down from 53.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Down from 97.4
Average teacher salary $61,476 Up from $55,405
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.5 Up from 59.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.5 Down from 70.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.6
Prime instructional time 85.1 Down from 90.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.5 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 33.3 Up from 29.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 7
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.