Class Environment

Jefferson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Down from 27
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.8 Down from 51.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 91.6
Average teacher salary $59,933 Up from $56,066
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Up from 76.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.9 Down from 79.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.1 Up from 84.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Up from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.2 Down from 18.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 Down from 9.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change
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.