Class Environment

Fairforest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Up from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.5 Down from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 96.8 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $57,840 Up from $55,870
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.0 Up from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.6 Down from 80.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.8 Down from 37
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.