Class Environment

Heritage Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Up from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 67.7
Teacher attendance rate 91.0 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $57,269 Up from $55,661
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.7 Up from 70.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Up from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.4 Down from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.2 to 1 Down from 28.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.7 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 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.