Class Environment

Fort Dorchester Elementary School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.9 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary $64,001 Up from $58,847
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.3 Up from 85.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.9 Up from 87.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Down from 22.6 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 19.3 Up from 16.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 Down from 5.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 Down from 3

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.