Class Environment

Hickory Grove Sharon Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Up from 27
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 39.3 Down from 44.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $55,334 Up from $53,613
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.3 Up from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Up from 84.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.1 Down from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.6 to 1 Down from 21.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.3 Up from 21.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.7 Down from 12.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down 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.