Class Environment

Clearwater Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Up from 24
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.0 Down from 54.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary $62,529 Up from $59,779
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.0 Up from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.1 Down from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.7 Down from 74.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Down from 12.5
Prime instructional time 86.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.8 to 1 Down from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.8 Up from 3.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Down from 15.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 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.