Class Environment

District of Barnwell School District 45


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 132 Down from 137
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 29.2 Up from 11.3
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.6 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 92.3
Average teacher salary $51,659 Up from $51,512
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.1 Up from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.9 Up from 86.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.8 Up from 0.7
Prime instructional time 83.8 Down from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 38 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.9 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 N/A
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.