Class Environment

Aiken Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32 Down from 35
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.4 Up from 54.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $66,060 Up from $62,724
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.8 Up from 78.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Up from 74.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 131.3 Up from 2.9
Prime instructional time 85.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 22.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.7 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 4

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.