Class Environment

St James Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.9 Down from 65.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 94.3
Average teacher salary $64,664 Up from $62,028
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.5 Down from 87
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.3 Down from 88.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.9 Down from 16.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.2 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 5
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.