Class Environment

St. James Santee Elementary-Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 Down from 19
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Down from 60.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $59,390 Up from $54,327
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 62.5 Down from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.0 Down from 82.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.3 Down from 90.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.4 to 1 Down from 19.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.4 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 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.