Class Environment

Waterway Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.8 Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 94.3
Average teacher salary $64,991 Up from $62,945
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 Up from 82.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.8 Down from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.1 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.7 Down from 16
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.8 Down from 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.