Class Environment

Waccamaw Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 63 Up from 61
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.9 Down from 72.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $54,464 Up from $54,452
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.6 Down from 94.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Down from 94.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 91.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.1 to 1 Up from 23.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 30.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.7 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.