Class Environment

Forest Heights Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.3 Up from 56.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $61,185 Up from $57,787
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Up from 62.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.1 Up from 74.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.2 Down from 6.3
Prime instructional time 87.0 Up from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.8 to 1 Down from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.6 Up from 17.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 35.3 Down from 41.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.