Class Environment
Fairforest Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 51 | Up from 48 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 60.8 | Up from 60.4 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 91.8 | Down from 93.0 |
| Average teacher salary | $53,258 | Up from $52,740 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 75.6 | Down from 83.3 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 83.5 | Down from 85.7 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 85.6 | Down from 88.4 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 19.5 to 1 | Down from 19.8 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 35.6 | N/A |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 16 | 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 | 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.