Class Environment

North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 44
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 39.0 Down from 56.6
Teacher attendance rate 89.9 Up from 89.5
Average teacher salary $52,187 Up from $52,075
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 47.6 Down from 80.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.0 Down from 84.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.9 Up from 4.5
Prime instructional time 81.1 Down from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Down from 26.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 41.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 35.5 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.