Class Environment

Cowpens Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.7 Down from 46.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 95.2
Average teacher salary $49,485 Up from $47,188
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.9 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.5 Up from 87.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.3 Down from 95.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.3 to 1 Up from 17.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.