Class Environment

Dewey L. Carter Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Down from 63.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $61,545 Up from $58,313
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 71.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Down from 84.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.2 Up from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.0 to 1 Up from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.2 Down from 17.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.3 Down from 5.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change
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.