Class Environment

Briggs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Up from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.7 Down from 68.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $62,444 Up from $59,723
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 77.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.1 Down from 80.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.5 to 1 Up from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.3 Down from 14.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.1 Down from 7.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 2
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.