Class Environment

Herbert A. Wood Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 59 Down from 67
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.0 Up from 53.7
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 92.7
Average teacher salary $57,267 Up from $53,755
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.3 Up from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Up from 72.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.2 Down from 81.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.7 Up from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.0 to 1 Up from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.0 Down from 23.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.3 Up from 7.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.