Class Environment

Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.3 Down from 52.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $49,554 Up from $48,723
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.5 Down from 84.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.8 Down from 77.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.7 Down from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Up from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 32.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 21 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 29.7 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 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.