Class Environment
Fort Dorchester Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 57 | Down from 60 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 54.4 | Down from 57.9 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 92.5 | Down from 94.3 |
| Average teacher salary | $54,722 | Up from $54,486 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 98.2 | Down from 100.0 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 87.0 | Down from 88.3 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 89.4 | Up from 86.8 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | Down from 1.7 |
| Prime instructional time | 87.6 | Down from 90.9 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 22.7 to 1 | Up from 20.4 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 13.8 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 8 | N/A |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 5.2 | N/A |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 3 | 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.