Class Environment

Bennttsville Primary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 33
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.3 Up from 60.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.8 Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary $56,165 Up from $53,671
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.9 Up from 86.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.5 Up from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 83.3 Up from 81.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.0 to 1 Up from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.4 Down from 21.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 29.7 Down from 40.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 13
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.