Class Environment

Deerfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 55
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.4 Down from 56.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $57,892 Up from $54,096
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.7 Down from 98.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.9 Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.1 Up from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.3 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.8 to 1 Up from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.5 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.5 Up from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 6
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.