Class Environment

Buford Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.8 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $53,265 Up from $51,791
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.9 Down from 93.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.2 Down from 93.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 18.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.4 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 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.