Class Environment

Spearman Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Up from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.7 Down from 78.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $51,156 Up from $49,314
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.5 Up from 83.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.9 Down from 87.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 Up from 22.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 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 N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.