Class Environment

Polo Road Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.2 Down from 69.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $54,873 Up from $52,102
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.7 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 73.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 69.9 Down from 71.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.9 Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.7 to 1 Up from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.0 Down from 22.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 14.0 Up from 8.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.