Class Environment

Meyer Center For Special Children


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 13 Down from 16
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 50.0 Up from 20.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.2 Up from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $55,669 Up from $52,699
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.3 Up from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.4 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.2 Up from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 23.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.1 Up from 78.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 11.9 to 1 Up from 11.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 0 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 Down from 50
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 3
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.