Class Environment

Independence Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 No change
Teacher attendance rate 97.9 N/A
Average teacher salary $57,274 Up from $54,886
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.4 Down from 97.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.1 Down from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.5 Down from 85.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 Up from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.5 Up from 8.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.0 Down from 16.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 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.