Class Environment

Arden Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 Down from 19
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 68.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $59,587 Up from $55,892
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.0 Up from 63.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.7 Up from 68.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.9 Down from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.1 to 1 Down from 23.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.8 Up from 5.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.1 Down from 47.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 No change
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.