Class Environment

Cowpens Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 36
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 N/A
Average teacher salary $47,188 Down from $48,442
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Down from 100
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.9 Up from 82.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.3 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.2 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 3
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.