Class Environment

Blacksburg Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.8 Up from 72.2
Teacher attendance rate 96.7 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $62,270 Up from $57,590
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.9 Down from 88.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.6 Down from 11.1
Prime instructional time 89.7 Up from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Down from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.7 Down from 13
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.7 Up from 4.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
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.