Class Environment

Joseph Keels Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.8 Up from 64.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Down from 96.5
Average teacher salary $52,196 Up from $50,149
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.5 Down from 85
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.8 Up from 78.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 85.0 Down from 90.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.0 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 36.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.5 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.