Class Environment

Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 29
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 73.7 Up from 56.5
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.0 Up from 55.2
Teacher attendance rate 91.3 Down from 92.8
Average teacher salary $69,386 Up from $65,326
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.3 Up from 89.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.3 Up from 84.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.7 Down from 90.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.3 to 1 Up from 9.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.1 Down from 22.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.9 Down from 29.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 8
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.