Class Environment

Dutch Fork Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 67.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 91.8
Average teacher salary $58,968 Down from $60,054
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.2 Down from 97.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.5 Down from 90.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.6 to 1 Down from 18.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.2 Up from 10.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Up from 2.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 1
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.