Class Environment

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Up from 29
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 58.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $61,506 Up from $60,953
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Up from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Up from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.0 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 Down from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 Down from 2

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.