Class Environment

Merrywood Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 83.3 Up from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $62,027 Up from $58,316
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 Up from 86.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.3 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Up from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 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 14.6 Down from 15
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.9 Down from 5
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change

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.