Class Environment

Harrisburg Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 58 Up from 56
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 46.6 Up from 42.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $55,336 Up from $52,545
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.8 Down from 79.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.0 Down from 75.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.1 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 17.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 31.0 Down from 31.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 Up from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.6 Down from 10.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 60.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 3 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.