Class Environment

Dewey L. Carter Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Up from 50
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.7 Down from 60.0
Average teacher salary $51,589 Up from $49,096
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.1 Down from 76.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Down from 82.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 25.9 Up from 17.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.