Class Environment

Gadsden Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 8 Down from 13
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 87.5 Up from 76.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $67,756 Up from $60,914
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 100.0 Up from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.5 Up from 81.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 19.2
Prime instructional time 86.6 Down from 89.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 3.0 to 1 Down from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.6 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.7 Down from 42.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 6
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.