Class Environment

Waccamaw Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 63
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Up from 65.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $63,105 Up from $59,225
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.9 Down from 93.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.0 Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Up from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.8 Down from 25.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.4 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.