Class Environment

Jefferson Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.5 Up from 43.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Up from 89.7
Average teacher salary $54,358 Up from $51,967
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.3 Down from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.6 Down from 83.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.1 Up from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Up from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.