Class Environment

Cherrydale Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.5 Up from 57.5
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 93.6
Average teacher salary $60,798 Up from $57,043
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 100.0 Up from 93
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.9 Up from 80.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.5 Down from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.2 to 1 Down from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.0 Down from 38.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.0 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Up from 0
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.