Class Environment

Cotton Belt Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.4 Up from 55.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 93.5
Average teacher salary $59,994 Up from $56,057
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.3 Up from 82.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Down from 85.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.6 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Down from 24.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.4 Down from 12.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.6 Down from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change
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.