Class Environment

Springfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.5 Up from 48.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $72,079 Up from $61,973
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Up from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.7 Up from 80.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Up from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.6 Down from 12.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.1 Down from 26.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 11

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.