Class Environment

Heath Springs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 14 Down from 18
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 87.7 Up from 87.5
Average teacher salary $57,686 Up from $54,493
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.6 Down from 93.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 81.5 Up from 80.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Down from 23.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.0 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 19.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.