Class Environment

Forest Heights Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 28 Down from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Down from 61.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $65,637 Up from $61,185
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.9 Up from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.7 Up from 75.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.1 Up from 3.2
Prime instructional time 86.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.0 to 1 Up 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 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.5 Up from 17.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 35.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 12

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.