Class Environment

Buffalo Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Up from 37
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,712 Up from $51,418
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Up from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.8 Up from 10.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change
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.