Class Environment

Kershaw Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 59.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 90.8
Average teacher salary $57,015 Up from $54,968
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.5 Down from 85.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 Up from 82.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Down from 25.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.1 Down from 32.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.2 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.