Class Environment

Chester Park Elementary School Of Inquiry


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.7 Up from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 95.7
Average teacher salary $54,998 Up from $51,583
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Down from 91.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.4 Down from 88.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.7 Down from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.5 to 1 Up from 21.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 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.