Class Environment

Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 Down from 25
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 77.8 Up from 73.7
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 68.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 91.3
Average teacher salary $72,922 Up from $69,386
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.4 Down from 93.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.0 Up from 88.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.6 to 1 Up from 13.3 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 10.3 Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.8 Down from 25.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 7

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.