Class Environment

Buford Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.3 Up from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $58,997 Up from $54,189
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.2 Up from 73
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Down from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Up from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.1 Down from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.2 Down from 18.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 7
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.