Class Environment

Independence Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.1 Up from 40.5
Teacher attendance rate 90.7 Down from 92.2
Average teacher salary $66,366 Up from $64,708
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 97.4 Up from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.1 Up from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 84.3 Down from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Down from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 50.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.8 Down from 25.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.7 Down from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4

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.