Class Environment

Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.0 Down from 63.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 95.5
Average teacher salary $59,679 Up from $55,944
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.9 Down from 91.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.2 Down from 85.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Down from 92.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 26.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.